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Build an Excellent Shaving Horse - roundwood.iron.shaving PEP BB

BB round wood woodworking - iron badge
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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the iron badge in round wood woodworking.

For this BB, you will build an excellent shaving horse!



Minimum requirements:
 - must be nice enough that trades people could use it for generations
 - must be made with roundwood (no dimensional lumber)

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)
- The final product
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Mike Haasl
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I made a fairly decent, perhaps even an excellent shaving horse at the 2022 PTJ event.  I started with a half log from Malek's bench and a curvy tree bit.  I did much of the work with a chainsaw which was surprisingly accurate.  I carved the width of the pivoting clamp and the bore that it passes through with the chainsaw and the fit couldn't've been better (much to my surprise).  I used some hand tools (auger, chisels, mallet, draw knife) along with the chainsaw and a angle sander to smooth it down a bit in the end.

It was all made with roundwood.  The dovetail connection for the clampy head seemed beefy but after a couple weeks of use got loose so I changed to another head style.  I'll post a pic when I can...
Log-in-back-clampy-log-on-stand-in-the-foreground.jpg
Log in back, clampy log on stand in the foreground
Log in back, clampy log on stand in the foreground
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Miraculously parallel sides on clampy bit
Miraculously parallel sides on clampy bit
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Raisey up bit attached
Raisey up bit attached
Attempting-to-bore-with-auger-didn-t-work-when-it-met-the-lower-log....jpg
Attempting to bore with auger - didn't work when it met the lower log...
Attempting to bore with auger - didn't work when it met the lower log...
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Test fitting to figure out location for pivot point
Test fitting to figure out location for pivot point
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Mostly done
Mostly done
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Foot peg installed
Foot peg installed
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Curved mating spot on back side of clampy head
Curved mating spot on back side of clampy head
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Dovetail tapered so it got tighter as I tapped it into place (don't look at the boo boo on the left)
Dovetail tapered so it got tighter as I tapped it into place (don't look at the boo boo on the left)
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Hand tools (pretend there's a chisel here too)
Hand tools (pretend there's a chisel here too)

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Beautiful. When I finish my first bow I must tackle this, but I have no access to woods like this. I've wanted a shaving horse quite badly for a while.

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