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1st December 2012, 12:14 PM #1New Member
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Mystery Spokeshave
I’m a volunteer at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool and I have this spokeshave that is a bit of a mystery to me. It is made by “C Nurse and Co 182 & 184 Walworth Road”. Can anyone tell me what sort of spokeshave it is, what it would be used for? It has a convex face that hopefully the photograph shows.Spokeshave.jpg
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1st December 2012, 12:22 PM #2
Others will be along shortly to give the correct answer...
but I think isn't a spoke shave. It is something like a scratch stock. The "blade" probably was shaped to the same profile as the detail photo. You drag the blade (almost perpendicular to the wood being worked on) which scrapes the profile in the worked wood.
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SWK
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1st December 2012, 01:10 PM #3
What a beauty,
I think SWK nailed it with a scratch stock and not a spoke shave.
Like your asking Smergol, where does a woodworker need to make a mould like that with a scratch stock, its overt 2" wide .
Did it come from a maritime type tool chest ?
And where on an old boat would a mould like that be seen ? if that is where it was used.
Probably the large curved hand rails that stop you falling over board, that Ive only seen pictures of would be my guess.
Thanks for showing it .
Rob
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1st December 2012, 04:43 PM #4New Member
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Thanks for your quick replies.
The problem arising with the “scratch stock” answer is that the missing blade is not perpendicular but on an angle that would suggest a shaving tool.
There is no provenance in regards to the tool, there are several collections of shipwright tools but this one was not part of a collection.
One suggestion was the moulding on the inside of the ships helm!
Regards,
Robin
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1st December 2012, 09:25 PM #5
I take it back then I was thinking the thin slot in the sole was just enough for a blade to slide through, but the wedge looks like it was made for shavings to exit upwards, and the maker would not do the extra work if it was not needed? Shave it is.
With the scratch stocks I use I like a rounded sole , they seem to work better if they can be leaned over a little to get to the corner of the blade , when I get down close to finished depth the tool is held so the blade is upright.
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1st December 2012, 10:31 PM #6New Member
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It is impossible to tell the angle of the iron from the photo, so I will take others to give a better all round view.
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1st December 2012, 10:32 PM #7
if we go with the tool being a shave, or a carriagemakers moulding plane, the short sole is explained by the need to work curved surfaces
above a certain radius of curve, a flat soled tool can be used to create curved mouldingsregards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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9th December 2012, 11:02 AM #8New Member
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This photo will give you a better view of the iron angle.
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