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278318 | Gary Maze <emmasdaddy45@g...> | 2024‑03‑14 | Shaving horse size |
Gentle Galoots, I had been wanting to make a shaving horse for a long time, but did not really have room for one. However my nephew wanted to make an axe handle so I started looking for plans. After some interweb searching I settled on a folding design that Drew Langsner has been using for his country woodcraft classes. I picked up the plans from the Japanese green woodworking site and started building. After some struggles (I figured out that it is almost impossible for me to drill a hole even close to perpendicular to a surface without a drill press) I got it to a pretty usable state so I gave it a tryout and almost split my kneecap trying to use it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zQxr0r-PqXj6sgVn_6if72OrcXef4mf4/view?usp=driv e_link Then I realized when watching the accompanying video that the demonstrator was a petite 5 foot tall Japanese lady. I probably have 14 inches on her and probably weigh twice what she does. So now I am planning on reworking the shaving horse so it is taller and longer. Does anyone know what a good length to the foot rest would be for a horse for someone 6 foot 2? I think I have a good idea of the height since I have been putting spacers under the legs, but I would like to only have to build this one more time. Thank you everyone for any help or suggestions, Gary Maze waiting for the second round of thunderstorms coming through tonight |
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278319 | John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> | 2024‑03‑14 | Re: Shaving horse size |
Gary, The driver's seat adjustment of your automobile could provide insights. Everyone adjusts the seat to their preferred distance from the pedals. Measure off from the seat back to the brake pedal. That, and some experiments with an armless dining chair, will give you a starting point. YMMV John Ruth Metuchen, NJ Wearing shorts for the first time this year > On Mar 14, 2024, at 3:23 PM, Gary Maze |
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278322 | Bill Ghio | 2024‑03‑14 | Re: Shaving horse size |
Gary, Don’t know if this will help you any as I built mine about 20 years ago so the decisions making on the build is rather vague. However I took many dimensions off of one I saw in an antique shop. The main frame is six feet long. The clamping arm is four feet long. It really does not need to be that long but way too much work to shorten it now. That leaves 24 inches for the seat. The pivot for the foot bar is about ten inches forward of the front end of the seat area. I estimate that this set up can accomodate a range of 25 to 40 inch legs. Bill |
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278323 | Dwight Beebe <dwb1124@g...> | 2024‑03‑14 | Re: Shaving horse size |
Hi, Gary - I’ve been making chairs the past few years and the shavehorse has been a great help. I began with a simple British (bodger’s) style that worked well for most tasks, but was challenging when working pieces where the part clamped in the arm tapered away from me. Easy to see how it might slip. I wanted an improvement on that, so repurposed the base of my spoon mule (4’ long, two beams, two legs at the rear, one in front, Dawson Moore design) to hold a Swiss dumbhead style head. It works quite well. Look at the sites of Tim Manney, Curtis Buchanan, and Peter Galbert for ideas. What might apply best here, considering your height, is that the head and my seat are moveable. The head is held in place (wedged from beneath) at any reasonable point along the beam and my seat can be moved into position as needed. I hope this provides some useful info. If you’d like to see photos, let me know. The base also fits a bowl-holding attachment, as designed by David Fisher and whacked together to fit my base. Regards to all Dwight |
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278326 | scottg <scottg@s...> | 2024‑03‑15 | Re: Shaving horse size |
Easy peasey Build a platform table and lengthen your clamp frame. Looks like 3 or 4 inches would do But I bet 6" higher would put the work up at a comfortable height for you This table is 7" off the deck and a little higher would have been even better http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/shavehorsez.jpg yours scott-- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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278327 | John Ruth <johnrruth77@g...> | 2024‑03‑15 | Re: Shaving horse size |
Scott! An inadvertent drive-by? That horse belongs in a museum of true folk art and craftsmanship! Don't think we didn't notice the laminations of contrasting woods and the perfectly-executed butterfly key. Of course, the Cardiff Giant-Sized hand...or were you inspired by the legend of the Sasquatch? Bravo! John Ruth Metuchen, NJ |
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278328 | Mark van Roojen <mvr1@e...> | 2024‑03‑15 | Re: Shaving horse size |
That clamp is really a hoot, Scott! |
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278330 | Mark Balmer <mark@t...> | 2024‑03‑15 | Re: Shaving horse size |
I bought a Tom Donahey shaving horse a long time ago. He also sold plans. There are images on the web. Not sure either is available any longer. The Maine Coast Craft School may be the best place to check with. I”m 5’ 10” , 165 lbs and really like the shaving horse. Two of the best features are the adjustable/sliding seat and the adjustable jaw. Mark Balmer Manzanita, OR |
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278333 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2024‑03‑16 | Re: Shaving horse size |
It's on Popwood, with cutting list, drawing and photos. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/modern-shaving-horse/ Don On 2024-03-15 12:08 p.m., Mark Balmer wrote: > I bought a Tom Donahey shaving horse a long time ago. He also sold plans. There are images on the web. > > Not sure either is available any longer. The Maine Coast Craft School may be the best place to check with. > > I\u201dm 5\u2019 10\u201d , 165 lbs and really like the shaving horse. > > Two of the best features are the adjustable/sliding seat and the adjustable jaw. > > > Mark Balmer > > Manzanita, OR > > > > > > > -- \u201cWe should feel offended or unsettled when we hear the word homeless not because we stigmatize those experiencing it but because we are ashamed at our own moral culpability in its existence and the continued harm it inflicts on the most vulnerable.\u201d Josh Kruger \u201cTo argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.\u201d \u2015 Thomas Paine, The American Crisis |
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278337 | Thomas Conroy | 2024‑03‑18 | Re: Shaving horse size |
John Ruth wrote: "An inadvertent drive-by? That horse belongs in a museum of true folk art and craftsmanship!" Inadvertent?!? Scott is about as inadvertent as Britny Spears (specifically "oops! I did it again"). Well done, Scott! Tom Conroy |
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