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
Hi Ken
ReplyDeleteGreat 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
Jonas,
DeleteSorry. 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
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.
ReplyDeleteAndy,
DeleteI 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
A shaving horse has been on a to do list for a while, one of these days...
ReplyDeleteIm with you, rarely follow someones else plans, Im a rebel :-)
Bob, the reb el without a cause
Bob,
DeleteGo 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
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
ReplyDeleteRandy,
DeleteI'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