Spokeshave problems? How to set up your spokeshave

[@KingBespokeCreations]

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[@Sam89365]

Super simple to set up but if you don’t know how to do it than you’re just lost. Had no idea that screw was a pivot point… great video, many thanks!

[@sankojin]

I have watched dozens of videos on setting up a spokeshave, and yours, sir, is by far the best one. Thank you so much for taking the time for doing this video.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure. I’m glad I could help 👍

[@monikasaringer1152]

Received my first cheap spokeshave today, thanks for your very informative video, have learned alot.

[@we-are-electric1445]

Nice to see a KZbinr responding to comments made on a video he posted two years ago. Too many KZbinrs only respond to comments made as soon as the video is posted then forget they ever posted the video in the first place.

[@John-gj1jr]

Most useful video I've seen on spokeshaves. Like one of the guys below, I was ready to throw it away. Now it's making beautiful translucent ribbons. So much fun I've almost shaved all my scrap wood.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

They are addictive! 👍

[@joopdoos]

I bought a spokeshave some time ago and used it as a dust collector in my shop because I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Now I know. Thank you for making this video.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Absolutely my pleasure, I hope you enjoy using it as much as I do 👍

[@AlexandeKnight]

Thank You good sir! It isn't me with the screw loose but my spoke shave!! I was excited to have picked up my first spoke shave from an antique store earlier this year. I cleaned it up well, sharpened the blade, but still it bit and bucked. I figured I wasn't tuning it properly. Here you are telling me right away that I'm missing a piece! The cap leaver no less. Judging by the state of the threads, the cap leaver screw has been missing for a long time.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Oh dear, yep that’ll be the problem!

[@troon5488]

Watched again to refresh my memory.

[@olivergold5398]

Thank you, Chris. Now I'll give it another try with the spoke shave. Very good explained as always.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I can help!

[@Journeyforgeusa]

Thank you, sir. I definitely needed this.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure, enjoy!

[@maade]

Make sure the chipbreaker/capiron is flat against the plane iron (another Paul Sellers tip). I had to work quite a bit on mine to make it work correctly.

[@kenerickson4923]

Thanks for the great video. I also watched the rag in a can video. I have had an unused spoke shave for years.

[@SICresinwrks]

One of the best/complete explanations on how to properly set up and use the spokeshave

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Thank you.

[@ChristineD8093]

Thank you so much! I just got a spokeshave and wasn’t sure how do use it or set it. Now I do.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure. Hope you love using it 👍

[@ChristineD8093]

Well still can’t get it to shave properly after all the adjustments. It is an budget purchase, so maybe it is defective or I am. This is a new tool for me

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@ChristineD8093 unfortunately some of the newer cheaper items aren’t built brilliantly. I try to find old tools like Stanley, second hand from eBay or tool auctions. But don’t give up!

[@eugeniointimetimer9218]

Thank you and God bless

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure 👍

[@iplanes1]

Good video - much more direct than the american ones that take twenty minutes to take the thing out of the box. I am from Middlesbrough but have lived in Aotearoa/ New Zealand for over 30 years. I am trying to place your accent which is not a lot different to mine.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Bang on! I’m a Middlesbrough man with a 10yr stint in Scarborough for that slight Yorkshire twang!

[@sattaurnikki]

Thanks!

[@Keysblack88]

This video was incredibly helpful. Thank you for the fine detail.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I can help 👍

[@sandervandervoor9238]

Great video, thank you for the clear instruction. I could not find my way in using the spokeshave, but now i have seen your video i will try again. Setting up the shave properly seems to be the key to succes, but you have to know how, and now i do. Regards Sander from the Netherlands

[@KingBespokeCreations]

I hope you love using it from now on!

[@lesliehill4516]

That’s so much found this so helpful

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@lesliehill4516 very glad to hear it 👍

[@aliceswann4148]

Thanks for the great demo😊

[@dpete8995]

Outstanding demo!… just what I needed… takes all the mystery out of setting that blade! Thanks!

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I could help! 👍

[@houstonsam6163]

Many thanks for a great explanation and tutorial.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure

[@CoolAgainRestoration]

Very easy to understand 👍🏻 many thanks 😊🍻

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure 👍

[@davidclark9086]

Very informative and useful video. I am one the those users who mainly uses the tool on the pull.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Me too, but I’ll push when I’m lazy and can’t be bothered moving to match the grain!

[@jacksawyer3626]

Excellent video, thank you.

[@Abaddon7274]

I was wondering why it wasn't cutting, I had the bevel up instead of down and it needed a sharpen. Thanks for the help (Ps. does it matter if you push or pull.)

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@Abaddon7274 no it really doesn’t matter. I often do both, just so I don’t have to move to the other side of the bench!

[@hayalali71]

Really great, I was really struggling with spoke shave but after your video I’m shaving like professional. Thank you so much 🙏.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

That’s great to hear! Glad you found it useful 👍

[@kencoleman7762]

Very useful presentation. Thanks.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure 👍

[@treffensaintjohnllc2913]

Excellent video.

[@tyremanguitars]

I love spokeshaves, made a few of my own out of hock blade kits, I have several of them, blades must be very sharp.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

I have an old wooden one but I think it’s too worn, might have to replace the wood and sharpen the blade up! 👍

[@JamesFunkify]

Greetings from Canada. Thanks man. Clear, concise. I'm assuming the rag in the can has nothing sprayed onto it-just a rag in a can! Thanks again.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

It’s soaked in 3-in-1 oil. No residue, no issues with any finish. Makes plaining a breeze!

[@captbuscemi]

Brilliant! Best spokeshave setup video I've seen. I had been struggling with my spokeshave on notoriously-cranky Australian hardwoods, and it was chattery as hell, and to be honest I had pretty much given up with my shave. My blade was sharp, but everything else was wrong, I can't wait to try your method to see how much difference it makes!

[@KingBespokeCreations]

I really hope it does!

[@tribestribes2555]

I wish You good luck. For me this a little devil to work with.

[@we-are-electric1445]

I am doing a lot better since I turned the blade round the right way !

[@KingBespokeCreations]

That would do it 👍

[@we-are-electric1445]

@@KingBespokeCreations 😊

[@we-are-electric1445]

@@KingBespokeCreations What grade paper were you using for sharpening and was it just water to lubricate it ?

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@we-are-electric1445 I use a 3M sharpening paper. 4 different grades including a polishing film. I buy mine from WorkshopHeaven.com. As for the fluid, it’s window cleaner. Perfect for many jobs in the shop!

[@we-are-electric1445]

@@KingBespokeCreations Tnanks. What grades are you using ? I am only just starting to get involved in woodworking so please excuse dumb questions !

[@parsonspig]

Very helpful - thanks!

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure.

[@microstrader]

Fantastic.

[@jeghedderhenrik]

i learned so much, and before this bideo i thought i new i all, thanks

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I could help! 👍

[@brotherned111]

Amazingly helpful vid!

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad to hear that Mike, thanks 👍

[@jaraxel888]

thanks for the advice!

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure 👍

[@fayiznalu8411]

Thank you useful instructions 🙂

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure 👍

[@MC-en7im]

brilliant

[@bencoleman1394]

A very helpful video, thanks!

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I could help 👍

[@alansouthworth9785]

Great video, well explained.

[@alansouthworth9785]

Will go and fettle my spokeshave.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I could help 👍

[@alansouthworth9785]

@@KingBespokeCreations Fettled the spokeshave, cuts like knife through butter now, thanks again. Alan ( pro woodturner)

[@christinegreenall1193]

Really helpful footage...is it true vintage spoke shave's are cast iron and modern ones are a mix of mild steel and brass...any advice would be welcome prior to buying. Thank you.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@christinegreenall1193 the cheap new ones could easily be a brass mix. But even the expensive ones can be cast steel, but the steel isn’t as good quality as the old stuff. Go vintage, there’s loads of them!

[@atb2manboberconsulting744]

Didn’t like it; didn’t use it. Sounds like me. Thank you. Now I understand my set up was wrong. Time to practice.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Awesome 👏

[@i3gallery]

I've started out with a tap adjusted spoke shave and originally, I thought it was invented by Satan himself but recently I have revisited it and it was in part thanks to your video. I've done some work on it including flattening the sole, flattening the lever cap and reviving the ancient Chinese plane blade that came with it so now it's lovely and sharp and polished as it was rusted all over. I've not got it perfect yet as I am still getting shavings jam up the spokeshave. In the first instance, I figured that it was where I had the lever cap too far forward towards the tip of the plane blade and moving it back has stopped a majority of the jamming but still getting a fair bit of jamming on certain passes so my thinking is that either I haven't got the lever cap flat enough or in the ideal position. Other than that, it's a nifty tool that leaves a silky smooth finish and I don't want to fork out £20 for a model with the wheel adjusters partly because I am a tight fisted git but mostly because I like to revive "near dead" tools. Is there an ideal seated position for the lever cap or something you can suggest off the top of your head? By the by, it was thanks to this vid that set me on to the Sellers Rag in a Can which is a blindingly obvious "workshop hack" that makes me look thicker than a certain substance on a stick but then elegance is found in beautifully simplistic design principles and can't get simpler than a rag in a can.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

I love the rag in a can! Generally a cap should be only a few mm from the blade edge. Jamming could be too thick a pass or strangely too thin that can fold and clog. Keep working on it 👍

[@i3gallery]

@@KingBespokeCreations Appreciate the insight Chris!

[@radinsyah1574]

Very nice video. Subscribed.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Great, glad I could help. 👍

[@oktbas9197]

Very informative and useful. Thank you 😊

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure 👍

[@Eeklex]

I don’t think I’ve seen you do it with a guitar build (and I think I’ve watched ‘em all…): can you get good results using a spokeshave as the main tool for a guitar body roundover? I’m thinking of a pretty fat radiused roundover like a Jazzmaster. I’m terrified of routers. - Paul

[@KingBespokeCreations]

You’ll get a lot done with one. It would be any concave curve that would be more difficult. Have another look at my Archtop build which has a curved body cut and shaped with hand tool 👍

[@williamh123456789]

Thanks, mate

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure

[@KingBespokeCreations]

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[@garynorris4648]

Superb

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I could help 👍

[@johnalbers6422]

Great video. Think I've been overtightening my chamfer. Should you be able to adjust the blade depth while the chamfer is tightened down, or did you just loosen the top screw of the plate for the sake of illustrating the blade depth adjustment?

Thank you

[@KingBespokeCreations]

My pleasure 👍

[@realitystudioscustomshop]

never used one, but now I know how to If I do in the future, cheers Chris

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Go get one. Nice to use on a neck if you’re sick of using a Shinto!

[@realitystudioscustomshop]

@@KingBespokeCreations my blunt old rasp is nervous about all this talk of shintos!!😂😂

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@realitystudioscustomshop they’re phenomenal! Just don’t slip like did the other day and remove the end of your finger!

[@realitystudioscustomshop]

@@KingBespokeCreations next on my list of tools to injure myself with

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@realitystudioscustomshop that would be quite the skill to injure with this one!

[@jurgenzoller4407]

Great info

[@KingBespokeCreations]

👍

[@climateinnovation]

The presentation starts with a tool that is basically setup and needs a turn of a screw to be shaving a fine cut. if the thumb screws are way out of whack it is a different story. Need to show how to set them up "for pushing" when they are screwed up. Also the mention that the center screw is a fulcrum is good, but how to position the blade on this screw and how to adjust its height is again just assumed to be clear.

[@BadAppleWoodwerx]

Thanks Chris, this was a good one. I have a cheap Amazon spoke shave and I have yet to really figure it out. I wonder if the curved bottom makes much of a difference over the flat bottom.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

It makes it slightly harder to use. The curve means you have to hold the blade even more at the correct angle.

[@GregCiliberti]

What is on the "rag in a can" ?

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@GregCiliberti it’s 3-in-1 oil. You won’t believe the difference this thing makes!

[@malcolmgray1227]

I have one in the shed which came out of my dad's shed, but never used it. Time to give it a go. Also what's in the can? Thanks Chris.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Can has a rag soaked with 3-in-1 oil. Revolutionary!

[@malcolmgray1227]

@@KingBespokeCreations definitely trying that!

[@Ramplcro]

Is that a scary sharp system? If it is, do you thing the sheets last long enough. Is it worth the investment?

[@KingBespokeCreations]

It is the scary sharp system. I get my sheet from Workshop Heaven. One pack of sheets would last me a year.

[@fearghalmorrissey2601]

Nice video

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Thanks, I hope you enjoy more of them! 👍

[@otagomike]

Could you use beeswax instead of the rag in a tin?

[@KingBespokeCreations]

@@otagomike yes absolutely. I find the can keeps your fingers out of the way of the blade!

[@otagomike]

I'm restoring a rusty Stanley 10 cm spokeshave and have a chunk of beeswax so will try it. Thanks for your reply. ​@@KingBespokeCreations

[@stuartkeane]

What is a rag can ?? Thanks

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Oh it’s genius! Literally a rag pushed tightly into a can soaked in 3-in-1 oil. Check out @paulsellers

[@darksteeldiablo]

Drop a like if you found any of this helpful, done. Literally ALL of it was helpful

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Well that’s good to here 👍

[@jeghedderhenrik]

and the liquid in your rag bin is ??? i guess its not 5 o clock tea LOL

[@jeghedderhenrik]

well i just saw a video about making a rag in a can by peter sellers, he used a ordinary oil for lubricating

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Yes, 3-in-1 oil works so well. Totally transforms a tool.

[@tribestribes2555]

It doesnt matter how much I,m dealing with this devil of plans, spokshave, it,s not going to work at all. It just hugging and it just as going on a tuff road, up and down. I,v done exactly as Your recomendations. Will it work? Certainly not. Could it be that mine is black and Yours is read???Thinking to trow it away. Hate this invention.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

There are crap ones out there, especially some of the newer ones. Please don’t give up, try starting from a zero depth and very gradually poking the blade out

[@tribestribes2555]

@@KingBespokeCreations Thanks. The sad thing is that it,s exactly the same spokshave as in the videos, that is a 151 Stanley, an old one after my dad. Dont really know what angel I should grind the blade in, 25 or above or under? Should it be a long or short bevel? To get it sharp is no problem, its the way how it works. I have plan and polished the very sole, because there where som scrathes after all those years of use. Think dad bought it in the earely fifties. Its, a nice creation, but it does give me a pain in the ass, since I will use it for guitarnecks. Greatfull for every tip I can get.

[@galleryhad7747]

Oh...your supposed to push not pull.

[@KingBespokeCreations]

It works both ways. It’s great for being lazy and not having to move to change direction!

[@donschweitzer3045]

Very helpful…..nice work, thanks

[@jcsrst]

Thank you! That was super helpful 😊

[@KingBespokeCreations]

Glad I could help 👍