Radiant heater

[DC]

Was it one of those catalytic heaters? I didn't know they came in long and narrow.

[DC]

DV asked for some pictures of my scraper. I made it. It's a foot long. The blade is 3". The wood is some hardwood from the pallet my metal lathe came on, the blade is cut from a 7 1/4" skill saw blade. I was going to use a jointer blade but they were too pricey. I think they would work really well. The blade is bevelled just like a jointer blade. The white wood is a piece I glued on to make the cutting angle better. I cuts really well. It's half way between a scraper and a spoke shave. Let me know if you need anything else.

[k-hat]

Nice scraper!!

This is similar to the heater I was talking about...


It was about 24" wide along the heating plates, so plenty for a bow limb.

[DC]

I see there are 5 sections. Makes me think there might be a way to make it bend a bit. Do they have a name that I might Google? If they came in a baseboard type that would be nice.

[DC]

I found some with google. They are kind of pricey, about $400 for something I could use. So that's out.

[k-hat]

Yeah, they are cost prohibitive for just bowmaking lol.  The landlady in the last house i had purchased it, but it wasn't identical and may have been cheaper.  The only way I WOULD buy something like that is if i actually had a workshop (other than my garage) and it doubled as a heat source for those cold Texas winters ;-)  I'll keep dreaming on about all that!

[DV IN MN]

Thanks DC for the pics of the scrapers gives me some ideas and direction to go.