The workshop for the Nevada WoodChucks was a success, at the end all of the people had a usable traditional spokeshave with a tanged blade. When I teach workshops, I build one to show the various steps, but in this case I didn’t have an opportunity to finish the one I was working on as I had to help a couple of new students with their project.
I did manage to finish mine when I returned home. It is fancier than most I have made, I usually go for an earlier style like here.
Joe has taken my class before and here he is concentrating on his task of smoothing the throat.
Ed, a vetern of several workshops I have taught in Reno goes about forming the throat of the spokeshave, good two handed technique.
Rod [on the right], another repeat offender brought a friend to audit the class.
Jim is a first time participant in one of my workshops. I spent additional time with him and Skip another first timer.
Charlie, my youngest student ever [6 years old] had an impressive set of tools, his dad Chuck a turner said his son owned all the bench tools. Photo below shows a trusting father, with a bit of concern in his look.
Chuck and Charlie watching Rod at work on his spokeshave.
I demonstrated how to use a burn auger and a video was made so here it is. We turned the fan on after the first one to prevent the smoke alarm from calling the local fire department.
burn auger video
The spokeshave blades required sharpening, which was done with a file. Two of the blades proved to soft and needed to be heated cherry red, quenched in water, polished bright and heated to temper with a straw color, then quenched. The spokeshaves were all finished with Moses T’s Gunstocker’s Finish.
Stephen
