Scraper shaves my way #1: The family portrait...

Wow, the wood is beautiful. Particularly that parasol piece. Will you be making the scraping cards out of recycled metal panels from a thrashed oven? ;)

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

I just thought I’d check LJs at lunchtime and I see you’ve been busy again. The scraper shave family are looking mighty fine Mads. I can already tell that by the end of this masterclass you will have me wanting to make a set for myself. I can’t wait for the next installment.

Take care,

Andy

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.

as always
getting out of bed
is worth the effort
always something new
something useful
and inspiring

thanks

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Mads,

Now you definitely have my attention. We need to get you a good video camera so you can post these things as videos. You are an excellent teacher and I love your blogs, but it would really be cool to see you in action via video.

Doc

-- Hey, woodworking ain't brain surgery. Just do something and keep trying till you get it. Doc

Mads, you are totally amazing!! Can’t wait to see the rest of this tooltorial.

-- ♫♪♪♫♫ Saddletramp, saddletramp, I'm as free as the breeze and I ride where I please, saddletramp ♪♪♪♫♪ ...... Bob W....NW Michigan (Traverse City area)

Oh and now I got the bug to look into these too…. Thanks a lot Mads!....lol

As always a very cool and informative blog you have here my friend. Looking forward to catching part two of this. Well done bud!

-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.

Looks like you are still busy having fun in the shop, Mafe. I like this new family you have started, since I do
not even have one spokeshave, I guess I will have to take your approach and just do it and find out what
the result is. Thank you for sharing your workshop and your amazing sense of inventiveness and humor
with us.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

Great information Mads

Thanks for sharing

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

Wow Mads, you are really moving! Looks like a fun and worthwhile project!

-- Folly ever comes cloaked in opportunity!

Thanks Mads.

I have the article and I thought it woul be usefull to make those but never did.
I can see beautifull shaves in your near future.

thank´s Mads I just got home and checked My mails with a mug of chocolate beside me :-)
before turning directly in to bed after 17 hours on the road ….not funny
and just had to see what you had come up with this time :-)
another fantastic picturetoturial on something thats looking real good sofare
but you are way out of your usual leauge here this is massproduction not oneoff
as we are used to see from your creative mind :-)

take care
Dennis

Hello LJ’s,
Hi Dennis, good with chocolate, good with a bed. No, no mass production – not two are the same, but it’s a Mads production!
Ian, then you has no excuse… I will be happy to see some in your future also.
Dez, yes I smile as I build.
Kent, ;-)
Gus, I believe Veritas has a spoke shave build set. But you can start with these this is great fun. Since I bought some spoke shaves I must admit I love to use them, they provide you with a kind of freedom to use the wood as clay (does that make any sense…). Humor? I’m dead serious!
Dan, I’m happy to get you hooked! And to have you around, you know the mail.
saddletramp, tooltorial – I love that one – it’s a real MaFe! ;-)
Doc, you make me laugh – no way no video here! You will have to do with the tutorials. I talk too much so to build a project like this would take a week on recording. I used to teach constructing architects, so perhaps this is where I learned – thank you.
David, happy to get you out of bed, and always happy to see your face.
Andy, I’m happy to have you on the boat, this is a project where you have plenty of use for all kind of skills, and a chance to do all with hand tools (maybe not eight…), so I can highly recommend you to go for it. Just do not use one of your wonderful vintage saws.
Thomas, no oven plates here the email is too thick… yes the parasol piece is wonderful, but the deepness in the color of that mahogany is amazing, I can’t wait give it oil.
Thank you all, to know you are hooked makes me even more hooked,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Wow Mads,
I nearly missed all this
I’ve been in the shop solid til late.

Doing Scraping of Beech tops :)

jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Jamie my dear friend glad to have you on board here.
Big smile and a sunray for you,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Great tutorial Mads. As you can see, I’m still catching up. I’m so glad you made these from old furniture because it reminded me that I just happen to have a lot of Beech (Bøk) furniture parts that I cut up from some chairs a long time ago and it is perfect for this project. Thanks for posting this.

-- Mike, American in Norway