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Yes, that design is great! It took me a weekend to build it and you don’t need to pay much attention to precision, except for the moving parts. It seems to be designed to get you a good reliable shaving horse with the least amount of effort.
Here is a step by step instruction for building the horse: http://timmanneychairmaker.blogspot.de/search/label/shaving%20horse
It starts with the second part, the “business end”. If you scroll down, you will find the first part, building the base.
Make sure, you use thick wood for the clamp head (just follow the original design). I was too lazy to laminate two pieces together, and it broke after a few hours of use.
And yes, the videos of Curtis Buchanan on youtube are very instructional. Try this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej4DU-GeakE&list=PLL_KlogKd1xf-P7ObrjmBHEWgiZAl37lx The videos number 2 to 5 give you the basics of getting wood, splitting it and then working it on the shaving horse. There are more, this series seems to be the most detailed about techniques. There is another playlist about sharpening tools, including sharpening froes, wedges (must see!) and draw-knives.
Dieter