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Hello All,
For all you hand tool lovers out there here we have some of the finest hand tools money can buy. These spokeshaves are made by one incredible artist, Dave Wachnicki of North Conway,NH. Dave makes a spokeshave look like a work of art rather than a tool that you would use to shape spindles, seats and crests for Windsor chairs. His site is “www.ncworkshops.com”. I love using these tools even though it’s difficult not to just want to display them in a case on a wall. The top shave is a large one used for shaping shield seats, the middle shave is a compass shave that is rounded for shaping inside curves, the bottom shave is a small compass shave used for those hard to reach places during shaping. All of the blades are Hock Blades and though Dave used to make the compass shaves minus the brass insert he has added this feature to make the shave last longer.
The top and bottom shave arrived today and I bought and used the middle one on my last chair that I posted. Dave gave me some choices of woods for the shaves and recommendations as to what would look best. Needless to say I was not disappointed with the outcome. The beauty and symmetry of his work is incredible, so I just wanted to share. Sorry you won’t be able to enjoy these as much as I will. I’ll post the rocker I’m working on shortly.
-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----
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WhattheChuck
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posted 434 days ago
Looking good, Fred—gonna try to make a Philly rocker, or another sackback?
Chuck
-- Chuck, Pullman, WA
FJDIII
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posted 434 days ago
I have a Sack Back rocker that is almost complete. The arm will be drilled today and the bow will get the finishing touches. I’ll get to start fitting the spindles to the arm and bow which keeps you on edge trying to avoid a disasterous outcome. In the class I took for the rocker some one at our bench split his bow in half when he was just about finished. Heart wrenching to say the least. Especially after you’ve invested so much time in the bow. I will post when the rocker is fully assembled.
-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----
woodworm
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posted 434 days ago
Looking forward to seeing your rocker.
Wooden spokeshaves are very expensive. I bought the middle size one and never use it. It’s too beautiful like yours in the picture. Like what you said, it more work of art & craft rather than a tool to take distress.
Good luck.
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.