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Kitsu:

--- Quote from: jackcrafty on March 19, 2009, 06:42:18 pm ---"MUST HAVE"

Journal for ideas and data

Good, large pair of scissors

Mini hacksaw

Crosscut saw

Small sledgehammer

Hatchet

Pocket knife

Swiss small rasp files

Good quality sanding paper

Pot and aluminum foil for steaming staves and shoots


Pail of water for cleaning up hide glue & water-based paint......and for dipping sinew.....as well as many other uses

Candle warmer for warming hide glue and pitch

Squeeze bottle for fish glue.....my all-time favorite.....best stuff in the world  :)

And, of course....a yardstick


"MUST HAVE" POWER TOOLS (my personal favorites)







Fan for blowing away dust, cooling things down, and drowning out the kid noises.... ;D


"MUST HAVE" ELECTRONICS

Kitchen scale (reads in pounds and ounces)

Grain scale

Chronograph



"NICE TO HAVE" POWER TOOLS





AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST..."NICE TO HAVE" BIG STUFF

Work benches

Work Shop

Work Trailer



--- End quote ---

if you had a choice of 2-5 tools to make a bow with, what would they be (no power tools/expensive tools), please state your reasons too, this is mainly to help me learn what else to buy, (i have other tools these are what i use most :P)

u kinda went a little overboard

sailordad:
jackcrafty may have went a little overboard but his bows are usaully sweet as all get along with all his other stuff
so ifn thats what he needs then thats what he needs

personally i dont use near that much,but then again my bows dont compare with his either.

i use a sur form,a cheap #49 rasp,chain saw file,scraper blade from a wall paper remover,micrometer

                                                              peace,
                                                                    tim

Timo:
A good hatchet: this could be used for alot of the work.

A vice: so many uses for bow building.

A very good rasp: The ubr 10 is the best I have ever used.(sorry but it is a bit costly)

Goose neck scraper: I use this tool all the time.

Tillering tree: This depends on how well you want your bows tillered.:)

Dane:
I can’t hone it down to just that few, but here is my list of must have tools:

Adz
Hatchet
Japanese hand saw
Farrier rasp
Spoke shave
Wood rasp
Jack plane and block plane
Cabinet scraper w/steel
Wood clamps
Work bench
Tillering tree

Critical tools:

Digital camera
1” mortising chisel and mallet
Pencils and pens
String for marking center line
Ruler
Various types of files
Oscillating belt sander
Thickness planer
Drill press
Anvil on tree stump
Tiny forge
Propane melting furnace

The thing about tools are, some can be used for different operations, but don’t force a tool to do a job it is not designed for. And some tools I use are not for bows, but for catapults and other projects. The anvil, for instance, is also nice for processing sinew, and just looks cool in my shop :)

Think of tools as investments, and try to get the best quality you can afford when you can. I always try to justify the other uses a tool will serve. Plus, they are therapeutic; after a day or week of work, using my hands is a pleasure and an escape.

Last, many hand tools can be found in antique stores or on Ebay very cheaply but very high quality. I found a superb 100 year old drawknife at a local store, and my best planes come from antique stores.

Dane

Kitsu:
ah, so i should try to go to some antique stores later then :P

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