Saturday, December 02, 2017

Shave Horse

I've spent the last couple of days building a shave horse. I've wanted one for years and had almost decided on just whipping out the AmEx and doing it the quick and easy way.

But I had a couple of kinda free days and two DF 12' 2X12's left over from painting the house. I figured even with all the mistakes I'd make following plans, have I ever told you how much I hate following someone else's plans, there would be enough DF to make a shave horse.

I wasn't too far off, there is a lot of scrap and firewood but not much of the DF left. Anyway lots of screwups, do overs, and I don't give a damns it is good enough, in the build. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike working to plans? I thought so.

Whatever, it works like a champ but I expect I'll use it for awhile to see what mods it needs and then build another out of nicer wood.


ken


8 comments:

  1. Hi Ken

    Great looking shave horse.
    At first I was a bit puzzled about the DF, I read half the post thinking Dense Fog, and that honestly didn't make much sense.
    But suddenly a Douglas Fir came out of that fog :-)
    Brgds
    Jonas

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Jonas,

      Sorry. About the only construction grade wood around here is Douglas Fir. A little farther East and you can get SYP which in construction grade is an easier to work wood. Still suck pond water but....

      ken

      Delete
  2. It looks nice. I am curious to know what you are going to use it for. I keep wanting to try green woodworking but I no longer have access to material.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Andy,

      I getting more and more into what CS calls furniture of necessity. I like the simplicity and the clean look of vernacular furniture. It may be a passing fancy but for now it is the direction I'm working.

      ken

      Delete
  3. A shaving horse has been on a to do list for a while, one of these days...
    Im with you, rarely follow someones else plans, Im a rebel :-)

    Bob, the reb el without a cause

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Bob,

      Go for it. Even with all the butt scratching trying to figure out how all the parts fit it was just a couple of days build.

      ken

      Delete
  4. Anonymous5:19 AM

    I also made a "temporary" shave horse out of construction lumber, and learned more by building and using it than by years of reading and imagining. Even though I now know what I want in my "next" shave horse, I'm still using the original 6 years later. Randy

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Randy,

      I'm afraid the same will happen to mine. What I've seen so far is it works, might be ugly as granny panties but it works and there are always other projects in the queue. :-) That's the reason it took so long to get around to building it in the first place.

      ken

      Delete