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BowEd:
Patricks' quote........"I would rather spend forever sharpening my tools to do 10 minutes worth of work than spend 10 min sharpening my tools and work forever".
I read once that Lincoln when getting ready to cut down a tree with an ax that took 3 hours used 2 of those hours sharpening his ax first.
bjrogg:
I agree guys learn how to sharpen tools how to clean files and rasp and how to store them. They will last a long time. Ed that Lincoln quote was exactly what I was thinking when I read Patrick's post.
Bjrogg
lebhuntfish:
Well I wasn't thinking that till now but that is something my grandpa always told me when he was alive.
The meaning of working smarter not harder.
Patrick
upstatenybowyer:
"Ed that Lincoln quote was exactly what I was thinking when I read Patrick's post."
^ me too :OK
I thought of a tip that may be helpful to beginners...
ALWAYS CONSIDER THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU'RE GONNA DO THINGS.
For example, if you use dry heat to correct string alignment and then steam in recurves, you may loose those initial corrections.
Or, you may want to leave width in the handle and towards the tips so you can cut those sections to nail the alignment later on.
I'm sure there are plenty more examples of why the order of things is important, I'm just too tired to think of anymore.
Chippintuff:
Following up on suggestions above. This might be a way to catalogue the suggestions. They could be arranged alphabetically as the list grows.
Tips - Helpful suggestions from this site
How to mark nocks using cardboard
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.30.html, pg. 3
Steaming: in a plastic bag and sources of steam
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
Pg1
Scrapers: old scissors for scrapers
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
Pg1How to cover tools to keep them sharp
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
Pg1
Shaping bow limbs: file, scrape, sand with bow on solid surface
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
Pg. 2
------How to hold a bow to scrape or rasp the tip of a limb
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
Pg. 1
------use hacksaw blade as straight edge when marking out center line of limbs. It is flexible and forms to fit the curves.
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.30.html, pg. 3
------using marks to lay out centerline
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.30.html, pg. 3
------How to contour limb thickness to keep edges equal and avoid hinging
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.30.html, pg. 3
Straightening side ways bends using dry heat and clamps
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.30.html, pg. 3
Tool care:
------Clean files and rasps with file card
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
pg2
------keep sharp by keeping covers on them
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
pg2
Be patient, work smart, not hard
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
pg2
Sinew
------seal with waterproof pitch shellac
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
pg2
Plan the order of your work, can prevent problems such as misalignments
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
pg2
Staves
------preparation, storage, finishing
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.30.html, pg. 3
------Removing bark, especially winter bark, use pressure washer
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.0.html
Pg3
Super glue stuck hand, release with vegetable oil
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.45.html, pg. 4
Tiller test, are the limbs bending evenly
------http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62279.45.html, pg. 4
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