A workshop, bedroom and kitchen combined? And a happy wife too!!
Drawknife work with a pile of finished components.
Detail of a shavehorse
A good use for old timber.
Shaping with a drawknife
Ready to saw on the shavehorse
Drawknife in use
A drawknife in use. Note the safety boots.
Shaping with the drawknife
The shavehorse
Using a drawknife on a heavily built shave horse
Making wooden masks
Drawknife work on the shavehorse
The finished shingle
A good sized shaving with the drawknife
Taking a break
A home made shave horse
Simple but sturdy construction
Shingle making with a drawknife
A slightly curved drawknife in use
A long shave horse
A use for an old boot sole.
Drawknife in use
Primitive but effective construction
Simple but strong
An unusual foot pedal
Another simple construction.
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