Lathe and Shavehorse Alternative

I was reading Peter Follansbee's Subtack  Holding Stuff For Drawknife Work and made something like it.  He said it's one of Jennie Alexander's experiments in making woodworking more accessible.  IMO it's another of Jennie's wonderful shop widgets.

I was using my vice to hold my work for drawknife and spokeshave work.  I could bring my folding shavehorse in after clearing space.  Then it's in the way when I try to reach anything else in the shop.

This is a very useful device and is easy to use.  It takes up much less space than the horse and is much faster than the vice.  Thank you to Jennie for thinking of other ways of working.  And also to Mr Follansbee for showing us Jennie's notes, etc even if it isn't something he'd want to use! 

I took a pipe clamp and scrap wood.  In this case, its one of the foundation pieces of a pallet and is a nice piece of red oak that is 2x4.  I had once used this clamp instead of a screw in a leg vice for a time.

I cut 2 ~ 9" lengths and bored a hole for the pipe.  In my case, a #18 auger bit.  I started w/ a brace and switched to my MF #4 T handle for most of the work.  Much easier than my 12" brace.  When the bit started to come out the other side, I switched to the brace & cut the other side.

 I drilled holes in the pipe clamp to run screws into the wood so they'd stay in place.

At the top, I drilled a small hole just smaller than a nail 1/2 way into the wood clamps from the inside.  Then drove the nail in and clipped the end off so only 1/2" or less is sticking out.

 Then I center my stick on the nails and clamp it.

 I have a corner vice that I attach to the end of my bench.  It's great for holding when I crosscut.  Or when I chisel/mortice because your work is resting on the bench.

The vice and the the wood uprights hold the apparatus in place.

Clamping pressure has been enough to hold the sticks from rotating when I drawknife or spokeshave.

 If the wood is wonky, it can rotate a bit.  I might add some sandpaper around the nail to increase friction.

 It's been a game changer for me!