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[Drewster]

Glad that worked for you Drewster

Rich, prior to your post about steaming, I would have probably steamed the handle for 45 minutes......obviously NO NEED TO.  Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.  The narrow section in the handle is a good inch wide and 2" thick.   Would you have steamed it less time?   Drew

[ajooter]

Those look good kid...I miss that poor man's shrimp.

I'm sure we can collectively get you straightened out mud....well the bow anyway  post some pictures of your layout and the grain orientation you mentioned.

[PlanB]

Rich, people around the world seem to think alike -- re. perch glue. This should be interesting! Hmmmm what about fresh sturgeon roe? 

Re. short time handle steaming, reaally looking forward to trying that.

CabinetBowguy, Drewster mwosborn, bows look great guys!

[half eye]

Drew,
     Depends how it "felt to you" when you did the bend. If went right to shape like a wet noodle then next time I would try 8min. I do my bends by hand just for that reason. I really try to steam for only as long as necessary and no more......likewise if you steam for a period of time and as you make the bend and feel some significant resistance ....then stop and pop it in for a couple min. more. I look for it to "yield" not real super easy or halfway hard. Guess thats about the beast I can describe it.

AJ, you got that right

PlanB, you got too much free time brother
rich

[stuckinthemud]

Stuck - I have a couple of sanders.  I was talking about a drum sander that would allow me to sand lamination down to a very specific thickness or taper a lamination from one end to the other.  Thanks!

Have seen home-made jigs that allow a drum sanding attachment in a drill to run as a thicknesses, will try and find plans if ur interested?

[mwosborn]

Thanks!  Gutshot hooked me up with a jig idea for my ridgid oscillating sander - we will see how that works.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

guys all bows are looking good.

Ive been talking to Rich and I have switched my BL from a rigid handle to a bendy. First time I've tried making one. But Rich walked me through on the lay out of the handle. All heat treating is done , I have got my string alignment good finally. So now its tiller time! Thanks Rich

[half eye]

Gutshot, looks real good sir. I especially like the character of the back of the bow.....sweet.
rich

[mwosborn]

Gutshot - that bow is looking good.  I've seen pics of several bendy bows Rich has made - they all look great.  He knows what he is doing!

Why don't you pan up with your camera and give us a shot of those critters hanging on the wall!!

[mwosborn]

OK - been wanting to try and build a jig to grind lams using one of my sanders.  Paul (Gutshot) gave me some suggestions so I went ahead and worked a little bit this afternoon.  The aluminum angle is bolted on one end and adjustable on the other.  Haven't tried it out yet, but I think it will work!  Maybe?

[ajooter]

That's looks great gut....has lots of character likes its creator!

[half eye]

Mitch, Gutshot....now that is slicker than snot on a doorknob 
rich

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Hey you got to be creative when you need to drum sand. It's slow but works good.

Mitch I like that yours is a belt sander.

[Dakota Kid]

If plan b gets a decent glue out of those skins, I'll try a batch with roe in it with my next catch. That's the part I really don't like to discard. 1000's of potential meals that never got to be. My grandmother used to eat it battered and fried. That I won't do while other food is still available. I wonder if it will make my bow smell fishy?

It's too late on this round. It's too warm and they're in the trash outside.  I'm not going to be opening that lid again. It was starting to turn a little this afternoon, but bearable.

[Dakota Kid]

Fred if I may make a suggestion that might help you keep your sanity. You should start another thread for Q&A and this one can be for progress pics and small talk. That way questions don't get missed. It is hard to keep up with all the posts.