October 20, 20187 yr that is actually an inshaves... excellent for forming chair seats... a true scorp (old world)... Edited October 20, 20187 yr by Stick486
October 20, 20187 yr Author 1 minute ago, Stick486 said: excellent for forming chair seats... I used a scorp for the first two sculpted rockers I made, only because it's all I had at the time, for that style of chair it wasn't right, I purchased a right angle grinder and used it to dish out my rocker seats and things went smoother, now I am delving into hand made Windsors, the scorp is coming back out, getting excited, tooling up for Windsors! Can't wait to carve out my first seat.
October 20, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, John Morris said: Can't wait to carve out my first seat. KUDOS to you John...
October 20, 20187 yr https://hardwickandsons.com/collections/inshaves https://hardwickandsons.com/collections/woodworking/products/scorp-3-1-2-diameter-blade
October 20, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, John Morris said: for that style of chair it wasn't right they come in a lot different bevels and radii..
October 20, 20187 yr Popular Post Best get started now, John. You don't want to be engaged in that much sweaty work in the summer time.
October 20, 20187 yr Author Studying the Windsor craft and reading up on it, the specific one I need and want is the Barr scorp as pictured above, hollow ground and dimensioned for tighter forms and specifically for the style of seat I am going to work on. I know it's a little pricey, but it's the go too for chair makers. https://barrtools.com/product/mike-dunbar-style-scorp-516-x-1-14-x-4/ The scorp I have is a general use shave, great at hogging anything out of everything, but lacking in chair seat shaping, when I first tried it on my sculpted rockers, I got frustrated, after reading up on them, I realized it wasn't me, it was the wrong tool for the job. Since I am new at Windsors Stick, I'd be a little hesitant veering off the beaten path with tools not recommended by other chair makers, once I get a good feel for the art of Windsors, I'll be able to branch out and customize for my own needs in tools and I can fiddle around, and I may purchase one of those you linked me too. But for now, this rookie Windsor guy needs to stay with tried and proven, I don't need more frustrations! Stand by Stick, I'll be hitting you up for a support group when things aren't going right! I know you're a chair-maker from back in the day, stay tuned!
October 20, 20187 yr Author Popular Post 6 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Best get started now, John. You don't want to be engaged in that much sweaty work in the summer time. Hey, the "How To" videos have the Windsor guys completing a chair from felling of the tree to finish, in about 45 minutes! I should be able to do it in two hours flat!
October 20, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, John Morris said: I realized it wasn't me, it was the wrong tool for the job. when you are shaping, relate the bevel of the inshave to scrapers, plane angle geometry in bevel or bevel down, chisels and how they cut/shave... they do come in a myriad of bevel angles, BU, BD and radii.. 8 minutes ago, John Morris said: I may purchase one of those you linked me too those links were for FYI/nomenclature...
October 20, 20187 yr Popular Post 2 hours ago, Stick486 said: that is actually an inshaves... excellent for forming chair seats... a true scorp (old world)... To my uninformed/unenlightened mind, I thought it was some form of a medieval torture device. ( Yeah I got no idea where these thoughts come from )
October 20, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, Artie said: some form of a medieval torture device. I love the idea.. a skin shaver to go along w/ my stone alter...
October 20, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, Stick486 said: I love the idea.. a skin shaver to go along w/ my stone alter... I'll keep my hair if you don't mind.
October 20, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said: I'll keep my hair if you don't mind. please do... it'll just clog the drains anyways...
October 20, 20187 yr 33 minutes ago, Stick486 said: please do... it'll just clog the drains anyways... I'll have to find a beret so I can have a photo taken so's that y'alls can sees the family resemblance.
October 20, 20187 yr 9 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said: so's that y'alls can sees the family resemblance. that's okay...
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