Small steps that make me smile
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Hey, Jon. I have three spokeshaves, two metal, one wooden, all old, none with names. The one I find myself using most often is the wooden one. It just seems to slide and tip easier than the other two. Its adjustment is a tap it here or there, but it works very well.
Thanks Dave. I’ll have to see if I can pick one up cheap and give it a go.
I have just give my self a treat, yet another spokeshave it is all wood and I really like it. I had never used a spokeshave till last week, what a fun little plane they are to use.
@ken,
That is a great looking spokeshave. How does it compare to your other spokeshave(s)?
I have three spokeshaves that do everything I need (I think!).
1, a Veritas spokeshave (great for planing end grain and difficult grain, not great for removing a lot of material)
2, a wooden spokeshave (great for removing a lot of material, not great for really fine work unless the grain is perfectly oriented)
3, a Stanley 151 (middle of the road, can remove quite a bit at a time, works on most woods/situations)
Hi Joshep
The Quangsheng seems happy with anything, set for a fine or heavy shavings. This one I think is better for fine to medium work. Its made from ebony with a steel sole, and it feels totally in the hand, but really nice to work with
I decided I needed a marking gauge, and didn’t want to spend the money for the ones in the catalogs. I found the plans for one that seemed farily simple, so I made one last weekend out of a piece of scrap maple. It was a bit of work chopping those mortises out of the maple and getting them right. It took a while, but I really enjoyed it, and it makes me smile now when I see it.
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Mystery of the Marking Gauge – Popular Woodworking Magazine
I am thinking about making another for mortises, and just setting the two blades at a fixed distance from each other that matches my mortise chisel. I think that would be easier than making an adjustable version.
All this money I am saving, maybe I can find something vintage on eBay to spend it on.