So now i am interested in building Windsor chairs, starting with three bar stools for the kitchen bench. First I need the tools. I decided to make a few, starting with this travisher ...
Thanks to Pete Galbert (for the supporting emails) and Claire Minahan (for the video and emails). Claire has a video building Pete's design. She makes and sells these now. The video was made a few years ago, before the design was updated with a brass sole (rather, it used an ebony sole, which necessitated a slightly wider body). I chose to built it with the brass sole, which is where the extra emails came in.
The blade is O1, bent, heat-treated and tempered in my shop. The timber is She-oak.
Front ...
https://s19.postimg.org/3n4mddkqb/10a.jpg
Back ...
https://s19.postimg.org/ukyjf4sir/12a.jpg
Sole and blade ...
https://s19.postimg.org/ci5gnwoyb/11a.jpg
I tried it across pine grain ...
https://s19.postimg.org/emptp060j/14a.jpg
It was hard to stop :)
https://s19.postimg.org/5exl8b6o3/16a.jpg
It works the same on hard maple. Forward pressure = light shavings. Back pressure = heavy shavings.
Regards from Perth
Derek