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Kiln dried Douglas fir = bad
Bryce:
--- Quote from: willie on November 28, 2017, 04:45:32 pm ---from usfs website
--- Quote ---Pseudotsuga menziesii has two widely recognized varieties: menziesii, the green variety indigenous to the area west of the summit of the Cascade Range in Washington and Oregon and of the Sierra Nevada in California; and glauca, the blue Douglas-fir native to the interior mountains of the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountains in the United States, and to Mexico. The division between the two varieties is not as clearly defined in Canada, although menziesii is commonly considered indigenous to the area west of the crest of the mainland Coast and Cascade Ranges.
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what i have seen from the rockies seems to be quite different in color and density. Not sure what surewood uses, but if they source local, I will bet that it is coastal, which can be stiffer.
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Every Douglas Fir west of the cascades is what we use, exclusively
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--- Quote from: loefflerchuck on November 28, 2017, 07:27:51 pm ---Bryce, The wood was perfect grain and between 26-30 rpi. Pretty tight for fir I have seen. Surewood does it best. I see they hand split their fir to season. I like the ease of the two blade shaft maker but guess if I want to use this wood hand planing is the way. How long does it take to hand plane 120 shafts? Maybe be done in a few years.
Russ, sounds like we had the exact same experience. Wish I talked to you before my purchase. You paid $5 more than me. I may give your idea a try.
The 3 shafts that did survive are around 55-58# spine at 11/32
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Yes they do:)
A dozen or so can take 20-30 mins depending on how much coffee is in your blood stream 😁
DC:
--- Quote from: loefflerchuck on November 28, 2017, 07:27:51 pm ---Bryce, The wood was perfect grain and between 26-30 rpi. Pretty tight for fir I have seen. Surewood does it best. I see they hand split their fir to season. I like the ease of the two blade shaft maker but guess if I want to use this wood hand planing is the way. How long does it take to hand plane 120 shafts? Maybe be done in a few years.
Russ, sounds like we had the exact same experience. Wish I talked to you before my purchase. You paid $5 more than me. I may give your idea a try.
The 3 shafts that did survive are around 55-58# spine at 11/32
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Do you need all 120 now? Hand planing can go pretty quick. Make a "V" groove jig to hold them, maybe 1/2 hour each. I'm guessing, I never kept track when I was planing them.
loefflerchuck:
Thanks for the info. No, I do not need these soon. I have plenty of other woods to feed through the Veritas that can handle it.
I'll google arrow jig for hand planning and watch a video to figure this out DC
DC:
I quite enjoy planing shafts. It's one of those, kick your mind out of gear and just do stuff things. It's very pleasing to turn a square stick into a nice round, tapered or barrelled shaft.
Bryce:
--- Quote from: loefflerchuck on November 28, 2017, 10:30:30 pm ---Thanks for the info. No, I do not need these soon. I have plenty of other woods to feed through the Veritas that can handle it.
I'll google arrow jig for hand planning and watch a video to figure this out DC
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Shoot me your email and I'll send you a arrow plane build PDF or Carson has some Strunk shaft planes on the Echo site.
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