The Spokeshave - on curved Wood - How to use a Spokeshave 

I would say have two blades. One straight and one cambered. Or two spokeshaves... Or more Spokeshaves if you don't want mess about with the irons.

Insane. 🙈 And I've replied to the 300 plus comments too. (I think it helps)

@@twcmaker well done mate, I love it when someone gets a boost on here

Thank you. I think it happens to all of us at some point. Slippery side down though 🙈 Anyhow, the Spokeshave 👌👌👌 I love this one.

Makes so much sense to me.

@@twcmaker A spokeshave and a card scraper strike me as a match made in heaven for this sort of job.

And then there's no need to sand. Only the arris.

Thanks for another great instructional video. One workshop I worked in had a compass plane, I never needed to use it but would that have worked or is a compass plane only for convex curves?

@rowancrafts Oooo.. I love this. I have a metal bodied compass plane. An early Stanley 113, I think. Anyhow, they can be used on concave and convex shapes. We have to look at the point of the plane. When they were wooden it was a static curve made for a specific task. When Stanley made a metal version (that would concave and convex) The curve of the sole is not a consistent, constant curve. So they are a bit... I won't say useless. Let's say not touching in all the right places. But these pieces of wood in cutting, are an accurate radius. So the Spokeshave will do really well. The plane on the same piece would have been ok. But not quite as flexible as the tiny sole of the Spokeshave. We have to remind ourselves that Stanley was in the business of making tools and lots of money. I've yet to find a better metal bodied compass plane; than a wooden one set to/ made for the correct radius. My compass plane has been used a few times. If this seat timber was say 50mm thick or more, I might have used the compass plane to take the high spots off. But, for now it stays on the shelf. Kunz still make compass planes to almost the Stanley pattern. They're not cheap. A jig and a router might be better these days.

I've got an old 113. I wouldn't waste my time (with mine), the Spokeshave is great at this.

Flat sole has two pivot points that make contact with the inner curve. So I think, it makes it easier to hold in the right place. If I used the curved sole, i have to hold the angle of the tool to allow the blade to cut. And then the curved sole could skip over part because there's no positive contact. Does that make sense? 🤔