Here is a photo of my favorite shaving horse. It is made from a plank chainsawed from an enormous pin-oak limb that came down during a storm a few years ago.

It weighs quite a bit but the weight means more stability when using it as a work bench. All my other horses have had an adjustable table but this one is set to a good angle strictly for working bows.

I don’t know of any good plans for these on the web (or elsewhere) but there are plenty of depictions in old art and many for every occupation in Diderot’s Encyclopedia from the 18th century. I made my plans based on several I measured and made lots of adjustments to my first one. I made sure it would easily fit cross-ways in my truck bed between the wheel wells. My second and third attempts got better and better.

Now I have a reasonable set of plans I will put up on my website soon. Here are a few others on my website: http://web.mac.com/paleotool/Paleotool/Tools_Woodworking.html