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   81treehouse | Dec 18, 2006 08:13am | #1

   I seem to remember on the TV show "Woodwright Shop" or something like that, he made several.  Check out his books, the might have some information!

    

   A bad day woodworking is better than a good day working -- yes, I'm retired!
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   Troy | Dec 18, 2006 09:59am | #2

   I think there are plans included with the blade you can buy from Ron Hock. A friend of mine made one and it was very nice.

   Troy

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   g_hepplewhite | Dec 18, 2006 05:31pm | #3

   Pins,

   The following is a good site to get you started. From there you can make different ones to suit the task at hand.

   http://www.shavings.net/TEACHSHAVE.HTM

   Good luck,

   Tom

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   pins | Dec 18, 2006 08:46pm | #4

   Thanks to all. I think I have enough to get started.John

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   Lataxe | Dec 18, 2006 08:54pm | #5

   Pins,

   Lee Valley sell a basic kit or two (blade and adjusters - the metal bits) for you to make your own handles and so forth.  I think they include some form of plan.

   But perhaps you are wanting to make every part of the shave yourself, in which case the Lee Valley kit would not be right for you.

   Lataxe

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   pins | Dec 18, 2006 08:57pm | #6

   Lataxe,Yeah, I saw it and I think its a good option. I generally like the stuff they make. But I didn't like the rear ball handle they made for their low angle block plane, but the plane is nice.ThanksJohn

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   vincentedwards | Dec 18, 2006 09:21pm | #7

   I have used the Lee Valley kit to make a low angle spokeshave.
   It performs VERY well, and the blade adjustment works great.
   You can achieve a very fine mouth with this kit.

   Check out the photos.

   My only gripe was that the countersink cut the threads for the adjuster
   a little large, so there was some slop and I had to put a little paper in there
   to get a tight fit. I tried threading a few scrap boards to make sure it wasn't
   bad tapping skills on my part, but i had the same issue each time.

   Don't let that discourage you from this kit... it was a joy to assemble
   and the shims solved my problem easily. The blade is A-2 and holds a
   good edge. I would give it an 'A-'

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   If you are trying to build a normal angle shave, I don't know of any plans for those.
   I would look at HNT gordon's wooden shave and an example. Also, you could
   look at Japanese spokeshaves- they're all wood as well.

   
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   pins | Dec 19, 2006 12:55am | #8

   Nice shave, thanks for the tip. Did you ask LV about the machining problem? They're good about fixing things.John