| Blog series by mafe | updated 470 days ago | 4 parts | 20462 reads | 71 comments total |
Part 1: or MaFe's version of the beast at least...
One wild shaving horseor MaFe’s version of the beast at least… This is not a tutorial, just me playing arround. Ok I know it, I have a problem with words, yes words, not horses – and even the fact I am retired not ten wild shaving horses can keep me of the wood… I’ll stop now! Not the wood the words I mean. The shaving horse:For years I have been looking at this fascinating work horse, at the internet and at museums all over Denmark and on travels, it se...
Part 2: and the show must go on...
One wild shaving horseand the show must go on… This is part two of the shaving horse blog. So here we are!The horse is tamed.In this post I will show you the possibilities and the details. A row of holes makes it an excellent little on site workbench with a vintage French hold fast.Notice an elf has left a book on the little table… Chiseling. And a wonderful saw horse.For long boards you can remove the slope. Side view of the horse with a piece of wood ready to s...
Part 3: Museum tour just for the inspiration...
One wild shaving horseMuseum tour just for the inspiration… This is part three of the shaving horse blog. Today my daughter and I took a little tour to a town in Denmark called Roskilde.In roskilde we have this beautiful church, where all our kings and queens are burried. But also a wonderful little tool museum http://www.roskildemuseum.dk/Default.aspx?ID=113 .The tools here are donated to the museeum by a private persons collection.And it is from here I took the picture of the...
Part 4: Taper tool DIY (from old sawblade and a piece of wood)
Taper tool DIYfrom old saw blade and a piece of wood. Making my shaving horse I realized that I needed a taper tool for future projects, so I tried to find an old one with no luck, and then I checked the prices for a new and realized I wanted to make my own… After some looking at the web I found this page: www.greenwoodworking.com and there a fine version that should be quite easy to make from some scrap and a spin on the lathe, so I went for it.Thank you to greenwoodworking! F...
I'm a Danish architect form 1968, who have retired because of a spinal neck operation with a bad result. This is now giving me the chance to spend some time on my old passion 'woodworking', and allows me to work with all the lovely tools from different cultures of this world.
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