Woodsmith Shop-Made Spokeshaves Standard Plan & Premium Shop Drawings
A spokeshave is the perfect choice for smoothing out a convex or concave surface quickly and easily. Buying a spokeshave is an option, but there's nothing like the look and feel of a wood-bodied spokeshave. And having a pair is best, one with a flat bottom for convex curves and another with a curved bottom for concave surfaces. The body of a spokeshave is nothing more than a piece of wood with a narrow opening at the bottom for the blade. This throat opening widens toward the top, creating a bed for the blade and clearance for shavings. Trying to create this shaped opening from a single piece could be a real challenge. The solution is to make each spokeshave from two parts, a narrow front piece and a wider rear piece. Using two parts makes it easy to create a precise opening and an angled bed for the blade.
You can purchase the Woodsmith Shop-Made Spokeshaves standard plan or the supplemental premium shop drawings as a downloadable PDF or in a printed format that we ship to you. We highly recommend purchasing both the standard plan and the supplemental premium shop drawings for more in-depth instructions and greater detail.
There’s no better way to create smooth, even curves than using a tool designed specifically for that purpose. And you can’t beat the satisfying results when it’s a tool you’ve made yourself.
Step-by-step instructions, exploded views, materials list, and more—these plans have everything you need to build your own Shop-Made Spokeshaves.
What you get (Downloadable PDFs):
Standard Plan:
- 8.5” x 11” PDF of 7 printable (digital) pages of step-by-step instructions
- 40 full-color exploded views photos and illustrations
- Full-sized patterns for the curved parts
- Materials list and cutting diagram
- Retail sources for hardware and supplies
Premium Shop Drawings:
- 11” x 17” printable PDF
- More detailed drawings of every part and every assembly that supplements the standard plan
- More exploded views for a better understanding of the project
What you get (Printed & Shipped):
Standard Plan:
- 7 pages of step-by-step instructions
- 40 full-color exploded views photos and illustrations
- Full-sized patterns for the curved parts
- Materials list and cutting diagram
- Retail sources for hardware and supplies
- 8.5” x 11” print shipped to you
Premium Shop Drawings:
- More detailed drawings of every part and every assembly
- More exploded views for a better understanding of the project
- A large, 24” wide print on premium paper shipped to you
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