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…rubber face…. Spokeshave Control15 January 2019 These exercises will work on your control of the flat-bottomed spokeshave and establish good patterns for continuously reading the grain: Convex and Concave Chamfer…
…rubber face…. Spokeshave Control15 January 2019 These exercises will work on your control of the flat-bottomed spokeshave and establish good patterns for continuously reading the grain: Convex and Concave Chamfer…
…where you’ll be able to use the spokeshave. Paul starts by sitting on the board, but you can clamp it to your worktop. As with the straight roundovers before, first…
…your final shape, further refine the perimeter with a sharp spokeshave set to a fine cut. Again, feel for the optimal cut continuously by skewing the spokeshave at different angles,…
…Heavy and Shallow Setting on a Spokeshave Set one side of your spokeshave really flush and the other side heavy, this way you don’t have to keep adjusting your spokeshave…
…to maintain a firm grip on the spokeshave and take full strokes up to the very top. When shaping below the bowl towards the handle, you will find the spokeshave…
…you having to change the setting on a spokeshave each time, you can set it to a heavy cut and roll the spokeshave forward slightly which will take off a…
Commonly mistaken for an oversized spokeshave, the #80 scraper slices the wood in a similar way to, but not the same as, a plane. Despite the tool’s name, the scraper…
With the bulk of the waste material removed, move on to shape the handle by using a spokeshave to take off the corners at 45°. You can set the spokeshave…
…grain created with the spokeshave or rasp. Listen for the changing sounds and change direction when necessary or apply less force. Once you finish scraping an area, go over it…
Use a sharp card scraper to remove any flats or hard ridges left by the spokeshave. Scrapers work best on hardwoods and you can find out more about sharpening and…