Setting and Sharpening a Spoke Shave

[woodbloke]

Having read this thread with considerable interest, I was out in the 'shop last night and tried to hold the blade of one of my Veritas shaves 'twixt the blade and cap iron of a standard Record No4 iron, but the cap bolt wasn't really long enough to grip well and and shave blade kept slipping around. I want to use my Eclipse clone gauge and need some way of securing it in...may well try Pete Newton suggestion of taping to another blade - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Having read this thread with considerable interest, I was out in the 'shop last night and tried to hold the blade of one of my Veritas shaves 'twixt the blade and cap iron of a standard Record No4 iron, but the cap bolt wasn't really long enough to grip well and and shave blade kept slipping around. I want to use my Eclipse clone gauge and need some way of securing it in...may well try Pete Newton suggestion of taping to another blade - Rob

When I see you next, I'll bring down my Veritas small blade holder and you can try that out. That would probably work OK in your Eclipse guide.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

Paul - OK that'll be good, would be interesting to use it...don't forget to bring the Veritas Mk II as well :wink: - Rob

 

[Benchwayze]

Hi Folks,

I never had any trouble with the spokeshave blade slipping about between the cap iron and the blade. (I don't use oilstones btw.)
Maybe a piece of wet and dry stuck to the blade with double-sided tape might help.

If not you can always make a spokeshave blade holder, out of scrap. Just a sawcut in the end of a suitable sized piece of scrap, and a bolt and wing nut fitted, to tighten the 'jaws'.

Or maybe use one of the disposable-blade wallpaper scrapers, to hold the blade. That would probably mean sharpening without a guide though.

Regards
John