Bushwoodworking.com » spokeshave http://www.bushwoodworking.com Chronicles of a Woodworker Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Spokeshave Project http://www.bushwoodworking.com/2006/03/26/the-spokeshave-project/ http://www.bushwoodworking.com/2006/03/26/the-spokeshave-project/#comments Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:08:37 +0000 craig http://www.bushwoodworking.com/2006/03/26/the-spokeshave-project/ spokeshave. It cuts fine shavings with a small adjustment of the blade, easily done with two brass screws underneath the blade, after loosening the blade from its brass knobs.]]> IMG_3109IMG_3111So here it is. My next tool. And it works too. I made a spokeshave. It cuts fine shavings with a small adjustment of the blade, easily done with two brass screws underneath the blade, after loosening the blade from its brass knobs.

The brass pieces were milled for me by someone at my job, who works in our prototype shop. I filed them a bit for the tool to work properly, and then sanded them down using progressively finer grits of silicon carbide paper up to 1000 grit. Then I used some polishing compound on a buffing wheel on my grinder, and made them very shiny. I then coated the brass with a bit of spray lacquer so they won’t tarnish.

The body of the tool was made from African Sapele, and the finish was two coats of tung oil, followed by Johnson’s Paste Wax. The blade was obtained from Hock Tools, and came ready for use. A very fine blade made by an expert, and the service from Hock was among the best I’ve worked with.

The tool plans themselves were from an issue of Shopnotes (my favorite woodworking magazine.)

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