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First attempt build a long !
Stick Bender:
I ended up finishing all horn peaces I need ,still need to dimension the width & tapper but need to figure out how to make a tapper sled for the drum sander , I decrowned a hard maple air dried stave earlier but need to make up some 1/8 ply templets from the specs Ed sent and the list goes on I need to processe about 1400 grains of elk sinew,make yellow croaker bladder glue ,make a reflex form , a bending call to match Ed's for the hooks & hit the bike shop for some old iner tubes Etc, If any body has any suggestions please let me know !
Stick Bender:
Maple core stave
mikekeswick:
Don't use innertubes. They stop the water escaping and don't have the clamping power when they touch the hot core and horn. Look up the rope and wedge method. Wrapping with the rope and binding tool. Or clamps and a pressure strip.
You can make a taper sled by getting 2 pieces of dead straight wood, figure out the taper you need and then insert a spacer of the desired size inbetween the two pieces of wood, put the whole shebang up against your fence and run through the bandsaw. Simple :) Or contact a galls bow builder like Big Jims bow company and ask them to send you some precut/ground tapers. The will ask for the taper rate in thousandths per running inch.
Consider what I said earlier about butt joints/horn length/drawlength....
Stick Bender:
You know Mike I have been fixated with using the drum sander that I never thought about the band saw tapper sled, I kind of wanted to make the sanding sled for future lam type bows to, on this bow Im using smooth on ,hence the rubber bands , also a updated using the doubble back tape the first time I used it a older roll It had worked great I bought a new improved roll and it was much sticker to get off no problem getting it off just a pain to get all the addhesive off , used soap & water but there is still some residue left I will have to figure out how to clean them before glue up or rescrape they still are thicker then finished dimension !
bradsmith2010:
looking great,, (-P
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