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In this video I show you how to use one of my favourite hand tools. The spokeshave is a cheap but really useful tool. With a little bit of practise it can help you in many woodworking situations.
The spokeshave is just a base with two handles on which you mount a blade and secure it in place with a cap.
Like most woodworking hand tools with a blade, you have to keep it sharp in order for it to work properly. To sharpen the spokeshave, my hand planes and my flat chisels I use the same technique. I use a two grit oil stone, a guide, a leather strop and my bench hook.
I place my blade in the guide and try to match it’s angle. I also like to mark the bevel of my blade with a sharpie so I can keep track of my progress. Then I add some oil on my stone and start sharpening my blade. Once a tiny hook (burr) starts to from under the blade I turn the stone upside down and continue sharpening with the finer grit. Once I have a bevel throughout the whole blade I take the blade off the guide and remove it on the stone. Then I add some honing compound on my leather strop and about 30 strokes later my blade should be razor sharp. I also like to to use my honing diamond files. After each time I work with my tool I give it a quick sharpening with my diamond and I keep my tool really sharp all the time.
You can adjust the depth of cut. The more the blade extends the thicker the savings. You can also have the blade tilted. So with one side you create thicker savings and with the other you get a cleaner cut.
With the spokeshave you have to pay attention to the grain of the wood. If you get tear out, chances are you are going against the grain. So you have to turn the tool or the wood 180 degrees around.
I like to use the tool a bit skewed. It seems to cut easier this way. And this definitely helps when cutting end grain.
With the spokeshave you can create round overs and bevels at long pieces. But this you can do with the block plane as well. The thing is that the spokeshave can do the same stuff with curved pieces on which the regular flat plane cannot reach.
It is definitely one of my most beloved tools. And with a little bit of practise you would love it.
But that was it. See you soon with a new project video!
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