bowyer's bench

[Thaihunter]

Anyone have a good design for one?

[chessieboy]

Joe I'll try to send pics of the shaving horse shortly. I got busy the other day and didn't get the pics taken.

Bill

[bwhntrjsh]

Not sure if this is what ur lookin for but its a shot.  @16" log split in half and cut up with chainsaws.

[brettlandon]

Joe, I sent you an e-mail of this so you have it full size.  Thought I would post it here too in case anyone else would like to see it.


Happy Shaving!

-Brett

[Chisler]

See the Fall 2005 issue of The Bowyers Journal.  Complete plans with instructions, it was simple and it works great.  It's not quite as crafty/fancy as the one above, but it works.

[Walt Francis]

Josh that is awesome bench!

Here are two I made earlier this winter:




I didn't use any plans, just looked at several on the internet, and then made them to fit my body size with old timbers I had in the shop.  I think I have a total of five or six dollars into each of them.

[Mark Albrecht]

Just got back from Walt's and I can attest to the workability of his benches.  They work great!!!  Try them out.

[Thaihunter]

Thanks, now I have to decide which one I want to build.

[Thaihunter]

Well, here's the bench that I made this weekend, Bill G., thanks for the magazine.
Josh, I liked your bench very much...if I make another one, I make one just like yours.

[R.W.]

There are schematics-plans for a shave horse in the May issue of American Woodworker magazine. Looks like it would work very well.