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Electric sander for tillering?
Pappy:
I use a belt sander for tips and palm sander for the back the rest is in order Bandsaw, draw knife [if chacing a ring] farrier rasp Nic.49/50 and scraper for tillering and a little fine sand paper to finish up.
I have to be careful with the belt sander even with the tips. :)
Pappy
duffontap:
Gilman Keasey (sp?) used to tiller his Yew longbows with a industrial pneumatic sander in about 20 minutes. From what I can gather, he was using ultra-clean Yew staves and billets most of the time. I think a palm sander on on low speed could save you a lot of time sanding washboards and grain tear-out around knots. That would be expecially true for Vine Maple, Cascara, and other species that don't tool as cleanly.
That being said, after I'm done with the bandsaw, I'm a hand tool purist/snob. Good hand tools like sharp scrapers and nicholson rasps are a joy to work with and connect you with your bow in a special way that a noisy vibration sander just couldn't.
Also--don't overlook the rubber sanding block. It's a GREAT tool.
J. D. Duff
backgardenbowyer:
I've just tillered a primitive holmegaard style bow out of wych elm using a simple disc sander on the end of my power drill. Saved a lot of time and although the bow came out about 5lbs lighter than I was aiming for I'm not sure I'd have done any better with a rasp. It's certainly really good for roughing out.
I took to using the tool the first time I tried ipe - that stuff is 'ard as the 'obs of 'ell, and only the sanding disc seemed to shift it.
Gordon:
Had a guy attend one of our bowyer meetings last year. He made a lot of noise about how he could take a a piece of vine maple from rough dimensions to final tiller in about 15 minutes. When all was ready he gathered the group around the belt sander and proceeded to grind away. In 15 minutes he produced a 20 lbs bow with a bad hinge. He quietly slipped out shortly after and we never heard from him again.
Coo-wah-chobee:
....................................... Sharp edged tools work well on ipe. Ifn ya gonna use a electric sander MAKE SURE ya use a good quality mask. Ipe dust is extremely toxic and bad fer ya lung tissue.................bob
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