Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: paulsemp on February 06, 2015, 06:31:06 pm
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my grandfather in his later years when he was less mobile started doing a fair amount of wood carving. When he passed I inherited all his tools. Once in a while I go through and grab a sharp knife for doing some inlays or sharp chisel for what not but I found something in there that interest me. Very simple idea just a piece of wood notched out with a 1 inch wide sanding belts screwed to each side for easy paper removal. This is an extremely efficient way to sand bow limbs. you could either buy 1 inch rolls or buy 1 by 42 belts and cut them. works extremely well for getting in the radius of the riser or shaping out handles. if you're sick of holding sandpaper give this a try. this may not be new to most of you but I figured it couldn't hurt to share with some
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That's pretty cool Paul.
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Almost like a sanding "bow" :) I bet it really helps with hand fatigue.
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Almost like a sanding "bow" :) I bet it really helps with hand fatigue.
it sure does! You can remove chatter marks in just a few swipes. it's the perfect middle ground between hand sanding and a power sander
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:o excellent tool Paul......I'm taking notes
DBar
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Nice tool. Some of the best are the most simple. It's especially kewl to read the story of how you came about the tool. There's good juju in tools handed down to us from our predecessors.
OneBow
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That looks like it would be a handy tool. And special coming from your grandfather. Thanks for sharing.
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I think I could use that, plan to try one out.
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Brilliant tool! 8)
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Pretty sharp dude your gramps, thanks for the idea pauly
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Like that idea!
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Sweet!
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That looks like it would be quite handy. Thanks for posting that Paul
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Awesome !! I think I'm gonna steal your idea and go get it patented... Hahaha just kidding :laugh: 8)
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Way cool Bud ! Bob
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Dang Paul, that and ingenious tool, especially at the fades.
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Great idea, thanks for sharing
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Looks perfect for sanding. the flex/give in the middle seems to make sense for contoured areas. Thanks for posting this Paul.
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That dog will hunt.
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I will be making one of these!! hank you for sharing :D
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Funny thing, I just saw one of these today on display at a kids carousel where the horses were carved from wood, this tool was laying next to a gouge and some other tools. The one I speak of had what appeared to be a block of some soft material between the wood bow and the sanding strip. Might try that out.
If I had not seen this post, I would have looked right passed the one on display today. Thanks for sharing!