This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
straw badge in
round wood woodworking.
This BB is the building of a shaving horse.
A shaving horse (Sometimes called a shavehorse or shaving bench) is a device used to clamp
wood tightly in place against a pulling force while working with a spokeshave or draw knife. It allows for quick release and reclamp as you work the greenwood. It is somewhere between a vice and a bench.
A single-Log version
Roy Underhill explaining the shave horse in the later half of the
video.
https://www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-shop-crotch-and-horse/
To get certified for this BB provide photos or video (less than 2 minutes) showing the following:
- Your chunks of wood that you are starting with
- Progress about halfway through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
- List any power tools you used (Otis would love it if you only used hand tools)
- Final product