Spokeshave

Spokeshave
Metal-handled spokeshaves, one with a flat sole and one with a rounded sole
Wooden spokeshave
ClassificationWoodworking hand tool
Types
  • Flat
  • Rounded bottom
  • Concave
  • Convex
  • Combination

A spokeshave is a hand tool used to shape and smooth woods in woodworking jobs such as making cart wheel spokes, chair legs, paddles, bows, and arrows. The tool consists of a blade fixed into the body of the tool, which has a handle for each hand. Historically, a spokeshave was made with a wooden body and metal cutting blade. With industrialization metal bodies displaced wood in mass-produced tools. Being a small tool, a spokeshave is not suited to working large surfaces.

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