Woodsmith Magazine Shop-Made Spokeshaves Plans

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Last updated 28 May 2024

Woodsmith Magazine Shop-Made Spokeshaves Plans

Step-by-step instructions, exploded views, materials list, and more—these plans have everything you need to build your own Shop-Made Spokeshaves.

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.

Smooth Curves with a Spokeshave - FineWoodworking

How to Use Spokeshaves

Create a free account Stanley spokeshave - 151 series flatFully adjustable for depth of cut with twin thumbscrewslable in fine grey iron or malleable iron with flat or round bottomision machined bases are suitable for work on any convex or concave surfaceaceable Sheffield steel cutters. Flatexh of cutter. 2. 1/8in - 54mm.