Rescued some osage today

[Osagetree]

Nice save!

[George Tsoukalas]

Good save! Jawge

[TroutGuide]

Lucky Dawg!!! Looks great.  If you dont have one bulid a shaving horse and the drawknifing will go so much quicker you will not believe it.  I built mine from cull pieces from Home Depot and I cost me $10 total and it is pressure treated.

[scrub-buster]

Originally posted by TroutGuide:
Lucky Dawg!!! Looks great.  If you dont have one bulid a shaving horse and the drawknifing will go so much quicker you will not believe it.  I built mine from cull pieces from Home Depot and I cost me $10 total and it is pressure treated.

I have a bench that I use for removing bark and sapwood.  It is an old skid from work made from 2x6.  I sawed it in half and turned it into a bench.  I let the kids spray paint it so it is 3 or 4 different colors.  I use ratchet straps to hold the stave and blocks of wood to raise them up.  It looks like junk, but it works.  I can stand it up on end when I am not using it, so it doesn't take up much room.

[scrub-buster]

Today I got all but 2 staves down to good solid wood.  The other two will have to wait until my next day off.  I used the bandsaw a little and it saved some time and work.  I coated the backs and ends with spray shellac.  With some of these being wet, would it be a good idea to paint them with wood glue also?  After all of the work I have done on them the last few days, I would hate to have them check all over the backs.

Here is my skid/bench in action.  I can stand up to work on a stave quickly, or sit down and be more precise.  I hope to try out a shave horse at the classic.  I might end up building one if I like it.

 

[SEMO_HUNTER]

That's a sh*t load of work! I know how labor intensive it is believe me I know.

If you have any bench at all like a wooden work bench of some kind you can make one easily like I have and it works great. It's just a 2x4 about 6' long screwed down to the top of my wooden work bench then a leg coming down off the end that hangs out over the concrete floor to form an "L" off the edge of the work bench. It's a little over waist high which is the perfect height so I don't have to stoop or slump over to work on a stave or a bow. I strap my staves to it using ratchet straps and blocks like you got there in your pic. It didn't cost anything to build and it's solid as a rock.

Or you could lag bolt a facier version to one of your 4x4 uprights there on the side of your wall and put a hinge on it so it can be folded up out of the way. Just make it about waist high and it will serve you well.