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Spokeshave vs Drawknife - What's the difference?

spokeshave | drawknife |

In lang=en terms the difference between spokeshave and drawknife

is that spokeshave is to shape or smooth with a spokeshave while drawknife is to cut or shave with a drawknife.

As nouns the difference between spokeshave and drawknife

is that spokeshave is a woodworking tool used to shape and smooth rods and shafts - often for use as wheel spokes, chair legs or arrows while drawknife is a joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.

As verbs the difference between spokeshave and drawknife

is that spokeshave is to shape or smooth with a spokeshave while drawknife is to cut or shave with a drawknife.

spokeshave

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woodworking tool used to shape and smooth rods and shafts - often for use as wheel spokes, chair legs or arrows.
  • Verb

    (spokeshav)
  • To shape or smooth with a spokeshave.
  • drawknife

    English

    Alternative forms

    * drawing knife

    Noun

    (drawknives)
  • A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
  • A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
  • Verb

    (drawknif)
  • To cut or shave with a drawknife.
  • (Webster 1913)