Woodworking Tools

A spokeshave is a woodworking tool designed for shaping and smoothing curved surfaces on wood. It typically consists of a blade that can be adjusted and secured in a metal body with handles on each end. The blade is positioned at a low angle to the workpiece and can be used for various tasks such as shaping chair spindles, rounding edges, and refining curved surfaces. The tool is called a spoke shave because it is commonly used in shaping the spokes of wheels, but it is versatile and can be employed for a range of woodworking applications.