My brother is trying to build a bow horse (draw horse?) for an x mas present for our Pops who is an avid bow builder. I was able to get a diagram and description by googling bow horse, which led me to this site also. He is having trouble with the description and diagrams, I think mostly because he has never actually seen a finished one. Can someone lead me to another diagram and/or a picture of a finished bow horse? Thanks.
Try here:
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000015
That is the one I drew up a while ago and someone sent me a pic if it helps. I built one out of osage for a MoBow auction and have some pics of it too I could send.
you can also google "shaving horse" and come up with plans.
first few hits from google:
http://www.greenwoodworking.com/shorse.htm
http://www.primitiveways.com/shaving-horse.html
http://www.usq.edu.au/users/macdonal/site/html/wshopshav.html
http://www.rogueturtle.com/articles/shaving.php
The primitive ways one is worthless.
I built one along the lines of the greenwoodworking version at the top of the list. It works pretty well for me... I like that style of vise as it allows a better hold of a rough stave. In my humble opinion...