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[woodsman1031]

I just realized that I said bandsaw, I ment belt sander

[woodsman1031]

I did about another hours worth of work on the bow Sunday evening. I have smoothed out the sides and belly of the fades on one side with a surform, rasp and 60 grit. I rounded it of to within 1/4 inch of the back. Do I round off the to that 1/4" all the way to the handle? It is really looking good so far. It is VERY relaxing to me to spend time working with the hand tools. It is much quieter too. I feel like I am doing a better job on this one than I did on 2 other failures. I have found that I pay more attention when I work on it just a little at a time. I wont be able to touch it again until friday beacuse of the long hours I am working for the next 3 days. If I have time I will take some and post pics of my progress tomorrow night when I get home. any suggestions for some, good easy to aquire backing material that isnt too ugly?


Tommy

[Justin Snyder]

That is the way to do it. A little at a time slowly and patiently.

[Orkraider]

I, for one, am ready to see some pictures.

[woodsman1031]

Sorry guys,

  I attempted to take pics this evening, but the batteries konked out before I got to take a picture. I will get them on here soon.


Tommy

[George Tsoukalas]

Sounds like you are having fun! Jawge

[woodsman1031]

OK guys, here are some pictures. Hopefully I will get a chance to work on it more tomorrow.

[woodsman1031]

Scott,

  Can you recomend some backing material that is readily available other than fiberglass drywall tape?

Tommy

[kylerprochaska]

i would say linen, silk, burlap, rawhide or brown paper bag would work very well as possible backings

[aznboi3644]

thats a lot of runoff...two many for me to risk getting whopped in the face lol.

[Pappy]

I don't know much about board bows but I agree that looks like a lot of run off,I would suggest
backing with some type of wood backing,at least if it was mine.Maybe some of these guys that build a lot of board bows will chime in. Rawhide and some of the other backings mentioned will do good to hold down a splinter but with that much run off I don't think so.
 
   Pappy

[woodsman1031]

Pappy,

  Thanks for the advise. I think I may scrap this one and find a better board. This run off did not show like then when the board was still square, or at least I didnt notice.


Tommy

[KenH]

Cotton "drill" cloth is a lightweight canvas and enough to do 3-4 bows will only set you back a couple bucks from a fabric store.

You really want the end grain of a board to be as close to straight up and down as you can get it, unless you're going to back with wood.  The board in your pic has the grain laying over beyond 45 degrees.

[woodsman1031]

PatB,

  I got the string in the mail today.



Thanks

[Pat B]

Good. Hope it works for you.