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Offline DiGi

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Roughing out?
« on: March 04, 2011, 02:27:57 pm »
Hat tool am I supposed to use to shave down the thickness at a taper? I'm using a planer right now but it's barely taking anything off, is there any way to do it faster? I've been doing this for about a cumulative 3hrs now.
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 02:36:15 pm »
I tend to go axe, drawknife, scraper, sand paper, burnish.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 02:36:30 pm »
DiGi, is it a stave or a board, if a board with a pyramid design you can do the limbs up to the fades on a table saw,if no power tools get a good rasp or surform, check out Sam Harpers web site, I think it's bow building for poor folk's
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Offline bubby

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 02:38:02 pm »
DiGi, it's poor folks bows, lots of good info their
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Offline bareshaft12

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 03:28:57 pm »
I use a draw knife and a farriers rasp,
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Offline DiGi

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2011, 03:34:23 pm »
Quote from: bubby on March 04, 2011, 02:38:02 pm
DiGi, it's poor folks bows, lots of good info their
Yeah I'm using that site to make my bow. The rasp doesn't work well on flat surfaces though.
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Offline cracker

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2011, 04:50:37 pm »
I turn my save edge hoof rasp up on edge rough out the curve and then use something like a #49 to finish out the shaping.Ron
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2011, 04:58:58 pm »
I use a Stanley 6 inch surform plane.  Works good, moves quickly and controlled.
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2011, 05:05:18 pm »
I go from bandsaw, farriers rasp (both sides) to cabnet scrapper. Use this on both rounded and flat surfaces.

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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 05:19:16 pm »
There are buildalongs on my site where the tools I use are featured. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2011, 05:30:47 pm »
"The rasp doesn't work well on flat surfaces though."

No it doesn't. It can take hours and hours trying to rasp something flat even with a good fairiers rasp. A good way to speed things up is to go at an angle on one side, and then at an angle on other side, so you end up with a pyramid sticking up, which you then rasp away and repeat. This can speed things up a little. So your never really rasping a flat surface cause you keep rasping the corners down. But it can be hard to do this and try to rasp down to a thickness line of a board bow. Also the board is usually kiln dried and brittle, making it easy for pieces of wood to break off. Really makes the bandsaw look real nice when you walk by it at lowes, don't it? :) 
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Offline Michael C.

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2011, 07:20:38 pm »
I love my farriers rasp, it's probably my favorite tool next to my Japanese rasp and hand axe. Some people don't like them because they think it takes to much off, but if you're careful you can get a real smooth cut with the short side and rake off the wood with the high side. I highly recommend the Japanese rasp if you don't like the farriers rasp, they used to be hard to find but I saw one at a woodcraft the other day, if you can get one buy the one with the extra handle on the tip, it's worth it.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2011, 07:30:44 pm »
"Some people don't like them because they think it takes to much off'

Ha, I wish it took more,
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline sailordad

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2011, 07:31:55 pm »
Quote from: toomanyknots on March 04, 2011, 07:30:44 pm
"Some people don't like them because they think it takes to much off'

Ha, I wish it took more,

just push harder
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Offline Michael C.

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Re: Roughing out?
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2011, 07:37:37 pm »
Are you talking about a four way or a farriers rasp or am I mixed up on what they are called  :P I'm talking about the bigguns' that are used for horse toenails  ;D
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