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Electric sander for tillering?
Justin Snyder:
--- Quote from: Hillbilly on July 03, 2007, 10:47:40 pm ---What Bob said. I've used a belt sander a time or two to rough out a stave to the floor tiller stage, but it's too risky to fool with after you get it bending much, unless your goal is to make 20# bows. After I get the wood bending good, a scraper is about all I use.
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What Hillbilly meant to say is, unless your goal is to make a 50# bow, but you wont be unhappy when it winds up 20#. The old saying is that a lot of work can be destroyed with a few minutes of inattentiveness, or a couple of seconds if using power tools. Justin
mullet:
I've got all kind's of sanders.I use my 12" disc for hoggin' down some wood and shaping the profile while it is still thick.Like everybody said ,if you use it tillering,one slip and it's a kids bow.I will use my rasp and then come back with a hand held disc sander with 600 grit to knockdown the rough edges.
Badger:
When I first started I used a belt sander for tillering and roughing, I ruined a lot of bows. Now I use mostly just scrapers a spokeshave, drawknife and rasp. I wished I would have learned how to use them at the begaining, A lot more enjoyable and relaxing making a bow. I still use the belt sander for smoothing off edges and hogging out my handles but seems I use it less and less all the time. Steve
NOMADIC PIRATE:
Yep, can't really see any advantage in using one on tillering stages
Robinwho:
Now that Am getting older, I use a sander , it surely helps with my arms.
I even use a grinder with a coarse grit sanding disk to start the tillering I don't use it as am approaching the desired tiller.
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