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Title: bowyer's bench
Post by: wolfshadow on April 24, 2019, 05:19:06 PM

Can anybody direct me to some plans or sketches of a bowyers bench? Foot puts pressure on the bow.

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Post by: Fishinglink on April 24, 2019, 05:42:21 PM

Google search “shaving horse”. You should find what you’re looking for.


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Post by: inksoup on April 25, 2019, 02:27:49 AM

good luck  :goldtooth:

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Post by: Pat B on April 25, 2019, 09:48:15 AM

I made mine similar to the pic above but I used plastic saw horse leg clamps you get from Lowe's or Home Depot. I think I used an 8' 2x8(cut to 6' for the main body) and an 8' 2x4(cut in 4 pcs for legs). The knucklehead I made from oak and I added a screen door spring to keep the jaws always open.

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Post by: Roy from Pa on April 25, 2019, 10:27:18 AM

Do a search on youtube, a bunch of them there.

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Post by: Bowjunkie on April 25, 2019, 11:42:07 AM

Anybody still have the old The Bowyer's Journal magazines? Brian and I disassembled mine and did a how-to article on building one with parts lists, dimensions, the works. I still have those magazines put away somewhere. Finding them is the problem  :dunno:

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Post by: Roy from Pa on April 25, 2019, 11:50:28 AM

Finding them is the problem.

Look in the garage:)