Review on Enhance Your Woodworking Projects with Swpeet Adjustable SpokeShave's Perfect Performance by Will Ridpath

Some products give you what you pay for, others will surprise you. In my experience, this one is the last. I used this tool for some canoe paddles I carved for friends last year and the tool worked great. Easily adjustable and works like a charm once properly sharpened. However, after about a month, the materials began to show their true colors as some of the metals began to warp. About 6 months later, the soft brass tension screw on the pressure plate (the large reddish triangular plate shown in the stock photos) was completely depleted, making it impossible to get adequate tension to hold the blade. Place. Also, when trying to replace it with a stainless steel screw, the brass screw in the plate sheared off and this useful tool became a new paperweight on the workbench. Since it's soft brass I can most likely fix it with a little time and threading. But will it be worth the time? It works out? Yes. Is it a cheap tool? Yes. But given the cost and use case, it might be worth considering before jumping headlong into a much more expensive razor. It can be a useful tool in business to learn from, or maybe you have it for those few and far-flung applications that require it. But if you're much more likely to hand-cut rounded edges (or canoe paddles in my case), it might be worth investing in a better version of this tool.