squonk 41,100 #26 Posted January 30, 2021 Your floor reminds me of peanut shells on some bar floors during college! 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #27 Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) A lot of planing today. Lots of shavings for stove.Got it to very close final thickness. Final thickness will be from about 1 3/4” on bottom to about 1” on top. Transferred pattern to back. Chisel work to define piercings next. Edited January 30, 2021 by formariz 2 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #28 Posted January 31, 2021 What is that resting on the yoke? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #29 Posted January 31, 2021 40 minutes ago, DennisThornton said: What is that resting on the yoke? Second photo I assume? Its an adze. I use it to remove bark and remove excess material. Its a type originated and only seen where I am from. Origins of it are from shipwrights. Once mastered one can remove large chunks of wood or thin shavings like a plane. This one was from a family member. The one on the other thread was from my great grandfather, I only made the handle for it. Raising the panel - Tools and Equipment - RedSquare Wheel Horse Forum 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #30 Posted January 31, 2021 Blade looked like an adze. The project suggested adze. But the handle completely through me. Still does! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #31 Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, DennisThornton said: Blade looked like an adze. The project suggested adze. But the handle completely through me. Still does! Here some good reading about it. Unlike other handle types where blade is away from your hand in this type ones hand is essentially right inside blade, making it act like it is part of it. The direction of hand motion is the same as the cutting direction.Proximity of blade to hand also allows great precision once one gets used to it. https://books.google.com/books?id=ivsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=enxo&source=bl&ots=AIRKvlEn7c&sig=ACfU3U1hkSlm0XqAZRRIpQQ9kOrV6ryocg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb2dHj38buAhXgRjABHU61CFEQ6AEwCXoECA0QAg#v=onepage&q=enxo&f=false Edited January 31, 2021 by formariz 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #32 Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) This is one works in a similar principle but has a specific function which was to dress a certain part of the wheel in an oxen cart. Also inherited from a family member. Edited January 31, 2021 by formariz 3 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,100 #33 Posted January 31, 2021 Cas, if you ever tire of working, you could open a woodworker's museum! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #34 Posted January 31, 2021 40 minutes ago, squonk said: Cas, if you ever tire of working, you could open a woodworker's museum! LOL. It has been opened already for quite a while. Its a living museum. Only its not a recreation its how things are done on a regular basis. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,475 #35 Posted January 31, 2021 2 hours ago, formariz said: LOL. It has been opened already for quite a while. Its a living museum. Only its not a recreation its how things are done on a regular basis. Up country here folks pay good money just to watch crafts persons like you at fairs and tourist traps. Right beautiful work. If you ever get the hankerin' to run a video it would be interesting to see that adze adzing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #36 Posted January 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: If you ever get the hankerin' to run a video it would be interesting to see that adze adzing. I will do one doing a raised panel in the near future. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #37 Posted January 31, 2021 5 hours ago, formariz said: This is one works in a similar principle but has a specific function which was to dress a certain part of the wheel in an oxen cart. Also inherited from a family member. This That is obviously a hand adz. I have a couple long handled adzes and I keep an eye out for hand adzes but there aren't prevalent around here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #38 Posted February 1, 2021 Chisel work defining design 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #39 Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, formariz said: Chisel work defining design I asked earlier but now I've decided on my own. Must be a very fine lovely team! I hope they are following along! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #40 Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, DennisThornton said: 3 hours ago, formariz said: I asked earlier but now I've decided on my own. Must be a very fine lovely team! I hope they are following along! Sorry didn't realize you asked. They will have to go overseas to be used. They are used with this breed of oxen only found around where I was born. Last two photos was the last one to leave here. 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #41 Posted February 4, 2021 Piercings done on front now on to the other side. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #42 Posted February 9, 2021 Piercings defined on back . Next paring piercings between front and back. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #43 Posted February 11, 2021 Piercings just about completed. Final cleaning up. 3 5 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 9,745 #44 Posted February 11, 2021 Beautiful Work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #45 Posted February 14, 2021 Piercings now completed. More planing on back next for for final thickness and to clean up scrub plane marks. Starting to finalize what to carve on it. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #46 Posted February 15, 2021 Back and front cleaned of all scrub plane marks and about up to final thickness. Cut off from board referencing how much it has been planed off so far. Cut off will be used next to make parts that go around oxen’s neck. They will me mortised and tenoned into your main body. Then finally it’s final shape will be cut. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #47 Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) Board is now ripped and edge planed straight and square. Time for the mortises. Mortises and tenons should always be about 1/3 of material thickness. It’s always finally dictated by the closest width mortise chisel one has. Marking gage is set and mortises marked. They will be 2-1/4” deep so tape is put on chisel at that depth. Lots of chopping now. Edited February 15, 2021 by formariz 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #48 Posted February 15, 2021 Mortises are chopped from center towards edges. Chisel must be kept perfectly perpendicular through out. Waste is leveraged out by pushing chisel backwards against bevel . It will make a perfect mortise with clean parallel sides this way. No other tool needed. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #49 Posted February 16, 2021 Time for the pieces with the tenons. Precision is critical here since strength or the lack of it has all to do with it. Each tenon is fitted to each mortise . Typically these were not glued but just pinned since there was no glue available and if by chance there was it was unreliable. Tenons and shoulders are fine tuned with a shoulder plane a massive heavy plane for its size designed to plane end grain with precision. Pieces will be shaped and planed to size once installed. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #50 Posted February 16, 2021 In case someone complains that this has nothing to do with wheel horses 1 2 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
