Price: £79.95 plus £3.95 p&p
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James Mursell developed this travisher over ten years, working through several prototypes to reach this final form. The unique shape of the hard maple body is designed to fit comfortably in the hand, making the job of hollowing Windsor chair seats a pleasurable experience.
Apart from its unique shape the key features of this travisher are:
- The back of the tool is solid wood, just where the thumbs need to be placed to push the tool. This is not only comfortable, but by pushing just behind the blade the tendency of the tool to tip over in the direction of travel is almost eliminated.
- The solid back of the tool supports the back of the blade reducing chatter when shaving difficult wood.
- Shavings are ejected through the top of the tool.
- The blade can be set precisely by tightening the grub screws set into the front of the body.
- Even when the blade is set for a heavy cut, fine cuts can be made by adjusting the pressure on the blade and skewing the body to the direction of travel without the need to adjust the blade.
The travisher is used after an adze, or other mechanical method of roughing out, and there is no need to use a scorp/inshave. If time is not an issue then a seat can be completely hollowed with the travisher.
The blades are individually hand forged by master blade-maker Ben Orford.
Radius: 4.75″ approx.
Price: £79.95 plus £3.95 p&p
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