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Offline BigNocker

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Shaving Horse Sub?
« on: October 26, 2009, 06:34:50 pm »
Do some of you have some clever ideas for substituting having a shaving horse or ingenious ways to hold your boards and staves while you work your magic?
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Shaving Horse Sub?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 06:47:27 pm »
A vice and something to bolt it too.  I built a heavy duty wood sawhorse and bolted a cheap wood vice to it.
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Offline Dauntless

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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 08:17:07 pm »
I've worked a lot of bows sitting down with one end of the bow secured by my feet and the rest over a shoulder.  It's called not having a vice.  I wouldn't recommend roughing out a stave this way though  ;D
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Offline adb

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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2009, 08:20:26 pm »
I have a pedestal vise I welded up with my MIG.

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Offline gmc

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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2009, 08:33:42 pm »
I built one out of my wife's old water bed that had been stored in the garage for years. I used it just long enough to remember where my vice was located on the bench. The hot box I built out of the same wood has proven its keep. Greg

 
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Offline gmc

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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2009, 08:35:51 pm »
What adb posted is my dream setup.....
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Offline FlintWalker

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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2009, 11:02:42 pm »
Mine is just like adb's...except much MUCH messier.
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« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2009, 06:52:24 am »
Some of my set ups. I have a couple of the horses but seldom use them. :)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Shaving Horse Sub?
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2009, 07:10:07 am »
I built one out of my wife's old water bed that had been stored in the garage for years. I used it just long enough to remember where my vice was located on the bench. The hot box I built out of the same wood has proven its keep. Greg

 
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Offline Postman

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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2009, 11:00:07 am »
I have my vice bolted to a big wire spool so  can roll it in and out of the basement.
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Offline Tom Leemans

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« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2009, 11:49:34 am »
Good Lord Pappy! How ya keep those machines from rusting? At least ya got vices enough for everybody at the bowyerin' party!

Offline Pat B

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« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2009, 11:55:57 am »
Tom, those vises of Pappy's never get a chance to rust. They are constantly used all year long.
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Offline Grayhorn

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« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2009, 12:30:59 pm »
I never could appreciate the tips moving as I worked them so had a unit made with adjustable supports. Hope the pics come up. Al

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« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2009, 12:37:54 pm »
Wow, that's very cool. Did you fab that yourself?

Offline Grayhorn

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« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2009, 12:59:24 pm »
No. I had a bud do it for me. I only do wood. Al