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superdav95:

--- Quote from: bjrogg on April 02, 2024, 11:00:26 pm ---I got firewood bending a little. I call this vice tillering. I clamp limb in vice and reduce my tips. Then I get outers bending a little. Then I tapper thickness towards handle checking bend by pulling tip with my hand and watching my bend.

Bjrogg

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thats awesome Bj. i do the same thing!  the benefits of keep the handle blocky early on.

bjrogg:
I like my vice tillering method Dave.

It saves me a lot of steps walking over to my tree. Not saying this is my recommended way for a beginner but it’s how I do it.

I usually don’t make a tilling string. I vice tiller until I think I can get it strung low brace. Then I make a string and add twists to get it to proper brace height later.

I had to take my wife to doctors in city yesterday.  Before I left the shop the night before I made a little custom wood filler.

I saved some of the dust from filling my red cedar.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
One limb was slightly narrower on firewood. I’m probably going to be narrower than this when I finish shaping it but I decided to fill it in.

I liberally soak my area with glue.

Then I sprinkle dust over it. Let it soak and then press it into place with my fingers.

Then I repeat process

Then I put another coat of glue over top and let it cure.

Yesterday afternoon I filled it off.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Pictures

bjrogg:
Then I shaped my tips.

I decided to try red cedar. Might be a little softer than I like, but a good place to experiment

Bjrogg

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