Shave horse - Time for a new one...

[tim-flood]

I have drawn up one in the how to section that you can make from 2x4's or sub heavier wood heavy is good

[Mechslasher]

i've built two different styles of horse but i still prefer a good 4-5" bench vise.

[Walt Francis]

Dano,
I made the double sided head so the people in my bow building classes can use either side.  I got lucky finding the tractor seat, happened to stop by Mark Baker's house the day after building these, and mentioned I was looking for one.  He had a tractor seat in his yard, which he gave me.

Dustin,
After taking the pictures I put carpet on the deadheads and main beam to keep from damaging the back growth ring.  That, with the leverage of the foot plate and arm keeps every thing held snug.  On previous models I used 3/8" thick leather instead of the carpet and it worked even better: I just didn't have any around when I made these.

Cade,
I also like using a bench vise, how my back is feeling at a given time will determine which one I use.  The impetus for these was to allow seven different people to build bows in my shop at the same time.

[Dano]

Mark is a good friend to have close by.

[Matt Stuckey]

I prefere to work standing up and don't like the typcal designs for all the stress placed on the low back.  I know ferret uses a vise mounted at chest height, what about a combination of the two. height of ferret's with the ease of use of teh shaving horse.  sorry for the quick drawing, and a left out the dead head, but this is what I was thinking.  Foot pedal with a counter weight to release tension. delivering the force at chest height to allow better working ergonomics.

[tim-flood]

looks to me that you need more leverage, but it has possibilities

[onemississipp]

I have come across something for the problem with the stave in the chest.

This is the second time I have found it..

Oh and I thought the Boggs horse was expensive, I was wrong. This guy has one for $750.00. That looks kinda like the one I burned and made for $12.00.

     

Anyway above pic you see a piece of wood with a string that looks like a bib. Well you wear it like a bib and use it the apply pressure to the end of the stave instead of the chest and stomach.

   

If you would like to buy that shave horse you can find it here.

 http://woodbucket.com/tools.html


Here is the other pic I found

http://books.google.com/books?id=dDbKtdJAZU4C&pg=PA172&vq=shave+horse&dq=work+bench&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U2bcMObSEtgObmOhWaSQHnKEKr-pg

It's from the book "The Workbench Book
By Scott Landis" I may have to but this book, the above link is a limited preview but you can see some different horses in it.

[TNstickn]

Man, Great ideas guys, makes me want to build another!!

[trad.-ed]

Check this one out.  

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll93/edserdy/00small20038992.jpg

[onemississipp]

trad.-ed,
  That is a pretty nice one, very long. would support a long stave well.


Have a reference for it?

[twisted]

hey everyone i havent built it yet but i do have full plans for the veritas shavinghores if anyone is interested
just pm me