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| A Shave Horse – this is the holding tool that allows a craftsman to hold work in place with foot pressure while working it with hand tools. This is a centuries-old method, but is the best way for holding small pieces which need to be moved frequently when being worked. |
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| Shaving on the shave horse. |
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| The egs have been turned on the lathe; the bow for the chair back as been shaped on the shave horse. |
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| Shaping is quite a messy process. |
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| The form for bending the bow after it has been steamed. |
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| The after steaming, bending, and fixing it in place on the form. Once dried, the wood will retain its shape. |
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| The blank for the chair seat showing the sight lines used in the boring for the legs, bow, and spindles. The sight lines allow me to bore a “compound angle” consisting of the splay (amount a leg extends outward from vertical) and its rake (the amount the leg extends from front to back). |
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| Shaping the seat with an inshave, also known as a scorp. |
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| Once roughly shaped with the inshave, the seat is smoothed with a travisher. |
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