Domestic US orders are for 1/2 scale printed plans.
International orders are for digital plans.
The first woodworking I ever did was on a shaving horse. I had just turned 20, and a 12-year-old sat me down at a shaving horse with a drawknife and taught me how to make a spatula from a piece of red maple firewood. I was hooked. The simple elegance and intuitive feel of the shaving horse and drawknife completely drew me in as shavings piled up around my feet.
The design of this horse came many years later and is a combination the shaving horses of two of my mentors. The easy to build and versatile base came from one of Curtis Buchanan’s shaving horses and the clamping head and work platform came from Carl Swennsson. Together they make a versatile workholding device that is quick to build, solid, and easy to use. This is the horse that I built for Fine Woodworking in Issue #262. That article is a useful, but not necessary, resource for building the shaving horse.
The plans come printed at 1/2 scale on paper and rolled into a tube for shipping. International orders are for digital plans, as the cost of international shipping is three times the cost of having the plans printed at a local print shop.
