I just got into bow making, and I discovered the usefulness of shave horses. I searched around for a while for a simple one, and yours was the winner. 30 minutes and a bunch of scrap wood sitting around my shop, and I'm now the proud owner of a "Making Traditional" shaving horse. Thanks so much for this!
Thank you so much for this video. An afternoon in the shed, scrap timber and I now have a wonderful shave horse! Works a treat - we’re metric here so I had to do a bit of maths! Brilliant!
I’m building the shave horse that you have on this site. I have been threatening to build one for years! I always thought they were so involved and would take too much time. But I was Wrong!!!$ Please Don’t tell my wife. Anyway your plans are simple to follow and way easy to understand. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with all of us! You made my life a lot easier. Thanks Again Phil White Spokane Wa
I built this bench & it works real good for draw knife work. The price was right, I used scraps I had laying around. I added a piece of carpet to the seat . Thanks for your video.
I wrote some detailed instructions INSTRUCTIONS start with ( bench frame ) = 134" of wood / 250" REMAIN - cut 2 boards to 60" - Cut 8" 30* cut and sandwich between 2 of the 60" in the front - Cut 6" straight block for the back seat - Screw in the boards together making 1 1/2" gap in middle diamond screw 2 and lap on back ( Legs ) = 57" of wood / 193" REMAIN - cut 21" board with 30* parallel cuts both sides for front leg Flush behind the 8" 30* cut - screw the front leg on 4 screws total - cut x2 18" long straight cuts for back legs - Scew them on the back side flush with back on outside of frame ( Bench Seat ) = 41" of wood / 152" REMAIN - Cut x2 8 1/2" pieces straight - screw in front of back legs - Cut x2 12" straight pieces - screw onto the entire seat outside ( Clamp Riser & Pedal ) = 76.5" of Wood / 75.5" REMAIN - cut x2 26" piece - cut 12.5" piece - cut 4.5" block piece for width of bench used for pedal spacer - use 4.5" piece on bottom for spacer DONT screw it in bottom - with it as spacer then screw in the 12.5 piece on bottom not to the 4.5 - with bottom 12.5 screwed on slide the 4.5 up flush to end / top then screw it in - cut 7.5" block - screw it on top of flushed 4.5 - Slide it in between bench so far ( Slide Adjuster Block ) = 22" of wood / 53.5" Remain - Cut x2 6" blocks with 15* angle cuts - Cut x1 10" Block with 15* Angle matched with 6" - Layer them and screw so cuts on top should slope down away from you ( Ramp ) = 36" of wood / 17.5" board remains - Cut final cut 36" straight board - line up flush with the front end and hinge it onto main frame - Adjust the Clamp to good position and then drill 5/8" hole all the way through and mallet in the dowel to act as a axel then saw it to a good length
Thanks I just started building my first bow over the weekend. I have it down to the point where this bench will help me out a lot so I believe I’ll make this this afternoon before finishing the bow.
Brandon, excellent design, guidance and very under budget! Easy steps and followed it easily and built it almost in time of video!...Luckily, my butt was regular size and fit into the dimensions....ufa!!!!
Sweetness, I built the design you showed, but made it 68 long, (dont know why honestly. And 22 high cause I'm a bigger dude. Then I found out I made the tenion support to long and need between a 10.5 and 14 degree angle. Amd need to re drill the pivot or bore one side out cause I went crooked, that brings up something g that I think you forgot to mention, did you drill through both sides of the Frame and clamp carrage, I have a 18 long bit. And I tried for straight and nope. So I guess a safer bet is to carefully measure and drill from both sides, I guess I could skew the clamp rail to compensate for the crookedness ehhaha.
Thanks for watching. Did you see the cut list in the description? If you use that list and the video, you should be able to get rolling fairly easy. Let me know if you need additional info!
I have just put together the body of the bench. It feels good and solid all round. I decided to use wood dowels instead of screws. It took a while, but I am pleased with the look, and I enjoyed using the mallet. So, about to put together the clamp assembly I was puzzled by the 4.5 inch piece. Must be a typo, surely? The body of the bench is just under 5.5 inches wide.
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I'm in Sydney, AU... I made your Bowers Bench last Saturday afternoon. Easy, instructions are great and it works really well. Many thanks for your original post. BTW, I put some Gym Floor Matting on the seat for my delicate butt!!🤣
