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DC:
I just made a shave horse and I'm not really excited with how well it works for tillering scraping and rasping. For using a draw knife it would be excellent as that's what it was designed for I believe. My rasping pushes the bow sideways. I put some pins in the table for the bow to lean against but I still don't get a warm, fuzzy feeling when I'm using it. I see pictures on the net of guys using a rasp on a shave horse but maybe they're just not as fussy as me. Am I just SOL or is there some tricks so I can use this more like a bench vice? I'll post a pic so you can see what I'm working with and maybe suggest some improvements.

Pappy:
I have several and use them from time to time but still prefer my vice, guess it is all in what you are use to. Nice looking bench all the same. :)
 Pappy

Russ:
you could put some blocks on the sides of the bow, but make it a snug fit!

DC:
That's what the pins I mentioned are for. You can see one of them sticking up from the deck.

ohma2:
Its one of those things you like or dont and i dont.like pappy i like a good solid mounted vice in an open area that i can move around .i have one on a bench and one outside the shop door on a steel post  where i can work outside.
whats more i dont have to worry about letting off foot preasure and getting rammed in the gut for doing so.

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