Thread: A most excellent tool

I agree with you there Jim, a friend of my who is a wood carver and works on large wood sculptures use's these tool all the time there are excellent.
Cheers Bob

Originally Posted by toejam

The Curved Spokeshave

I have just rough carved this neck for a short scaled nylon string guitar with my curved spokeshave and felt the need to post a tribute to this excellent tool. After taking the bulk off on the band saw I have gone from the saw cuts to what you see now with the curved spoke shave, I love the way they peel around those reasonably tight curves. Set this tool up correctly and and it will work like a trooper for you. Next I will refine it further with the skew chisel which I also love to use but that's another tool story.

Jim

where do i get one!!!!
preferably over 8 years old

dont like new stuff.... doesnt match my other vintage planes/shaves

I'm embarrassed to admit I don't yet own a plane of any type.

But a spokeshave and jointing plane have got to be among my upcoming purchases.

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

where do i get one!!!!
preferably over 8 years old

dont like new stuff.... doesnt match my other vintage planes/shaves

I got all my planes from those market stalls, like trash and treasure type things. Pick one near you and go early as collectors and dealers buy up at first light. Look for the old guy with all the tools on his bench.

i have to confess Jim tht it was the spokeshave that turned me off woodworking in my early youth ...at school as it happened with a most pedantic woodworking teacher...and i hated sweaty hard work even more then than i do now...

the sight of one chills me to the bone

it was the arbortech woodcarve attachment for angle grinders that re-sparked my woodworking interest in the late 80's early 90's iirc

when i saw a TV ad of a guy carving out a sculpture from a big log without much effort ...i was hooked (again) !

Originally Posted by dadovfor

I'm embarrassed to admit I don't yet own a plane of any type.

But a spokeshave and jointing plane have got to be among my upcoming purchases.

Same! I have to buy them stealth like so the missus doesn't get annoyed though. Any home reno applications to the spoke shave? Got the jointing plane covered

Just ask for gift vouchers from your favorite hardware supplier for fathers day, birthday and Christmas, then the Mrs will stay off your back and that's always a good thing, works for me .

regards

Wal

hmm i shall have a look around lol

Originally Posted by toejam

The Curved Spokeshave

I have just rough carved this neck for a short scaled nylon string guitar with my curved spokeshave and felt the need to post a tribute to this excellent tool. After taking the bulk off on the band saw I have gone from the saw cuts to what you see now with the curved spoke shave, I love the way they peel around those reasonably tight curves. Set this tool up correctly and and it will work like a trooper for you. Next I will refine it further with the skew chisel which I also love to use but that's another tool story.

Jim

hi Jim after looking at your curved spoke shave (neat by the way the neck looks great) but i was wondering what the other tool is. I have edited your pic with what I'm talking about. Thanks
Richard

Going by Jim's first post, I'd say it's a skew chisel. Sort of similar to a regular chisel but the cutting/shaving edge is angled rather than square.

And I think they're used more for lathe work . Not sure.

Jim??????

The skew used on the lathe has a longer shaft and handle,

Jim, how do you use this tool?

If you read Cumpiano's book, he describes the use when carving the heel.

Home reno uses for spoke shave, dressing studs so they will fit.
Try that one, if that dont work tell the missus its a new shaver on the market that will give you a really close shave.
Cheers Bob

Originally Posted by IAmSav

Same! I have to buy them stealth like so the missus doesn't get annoyed though. Any home reno applications to the spoke shave? Got the jointing plane covered

Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

The skew used on the lathe has a longer shaft and handle,

A turning skew is longer and beefier all around... as are all tools that can be poked in anger at lumps of wood frantically whizzing on the spot at umpteen RPM.

Jim, how do you use this tool?

But the principle is exactly the same. They're used so the edge cuts at 45° (or thereabouts) across the grain direction, leaving a nice, crisp finish that often only needs minimal preparation for finishing.