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Offline arachnid

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Working Outside
« on: February 09, 2015, 08:39:22 am »
Hi Guys... Just wondering, Does any of you work out side? no workbench, no vice, just you, minimum tools, the stave and nature?
I watched Primitive Pathways primitive bowmaking videos so many times and it`s looks like a lot of fun...

Has anyone tried it with lamintaed bows?

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Offline Pappy

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2015, 09:29:28 am »
I work out side all the time but not without work benches/tools exc.  :)
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Offline Badger

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2015, 09:43:03 am »
    I work outside in a very small area, I do most all of my work either on my lap or sitting on my shaving horse. I use cawls set on saw horses.
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Offline arachnid

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2015, 09:45:47 am »
I really want to try it... looks so natural, sitting on a stomp with a rasp in one hand, bow blank in the other....
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2015, 10:00:19 am »
When I started making bows I worked in a 5X7 corner of the garage on bad days but out in the yard on good days. I did have bench power tools and an old bandsaw that I would haul out and use outside to keep the dust out of the house. I did all my stave prep out in the yard on a shave horse and a draw knife.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2015, 10:06:05 am »
I make all my bow outside with no bench etc. Even laminated bows. My belt sander for flattening lams is a board with sandpaper stuck to it. I am the motor.
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Offline arachnid

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2015, 10:11:39 am »
Quote from: PatM on February 09, 2015, 10:06:05 am
I make all my bow outside with no bench etc. Even laminated bows. My belt sander for flattening lams is a board with sandpaper stuck to it. I am the motor.

 ;D How many horse power?
Can take a picture of your "belt sander"?
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2015, 10:12:17 am »
Same her.  Almost everything I do is outside in the open air.
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Offline Comancheria

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2015, 10:31:02 am »
Don't know if I will end up doing it or not, but my plan is to get some sort of Workmate, Jawhorse, or similar device, then shape the boards or staves on a bandsaw in the garage--and do the rasping, scraping, tillering, and finishing on the back patio.

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Offline PatM

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2015, 10:42:08 am »
Quote from: arachnid on February 09, 2015, 10:11:39 am
Quote from: PatM on February 09, 2015, 10:06:05 am
I make all my bow outside with no bench etc. Even laminated bows. My belt sander for flattening lams is a board with sandpaper stuck to it. I am the motor.

 ;D How many horse power?
Can take a picture of your "belt sander"?
2 horsepower.
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2015, 11:34:17 am »
I do almost all of mine outdoors. I have a 4" vice I bolt to the picanic table  that I use for debarking and roughing the bow out with draw knife and then the rest of it is pretty much free hand with the rasp, scrapper and sand paper. I will sometimes use my mikita hand belt sander clamped upside down to do some initial tip reductions.

When I first got started I lived in the suburbs and had to clamp everything to the deck rails on the back deck. Did alot of debarking with a big ole osage stave clamped to it. But things evolve as time goes on. I think I'm kind of a minamalist. I can afford a nice bandsaw but I don't have one. I have an old 12" 1/2hp craftsman that I bought on craigslist but have'nt learned to work it effectively so I just always go with what I know and grab the drawknife and rasp. Hard to make major mistakes with the hand tools. 
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2015, 12:48:56 pm »
I work outside as much as I can. Unfortunately, this time of year in Oregon, the rains force me inside a lot, but when the clouds clear for a little winter sunshine, I open the doors and pull the stavemaster outside.
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Offline carpholeo

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2015, 01:07:30 pm »
Be carful with the belt sander clamped upside down, part of my hand got sucked inbetween the belt and the roller cover, hamburger city! I went and bought a bench model after that blunder.
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2015, 06:15:03 pm »
I work in an unheated garage for what thats worth. Its been about 15 out there so I just heat temper to bump up the temps a bit.
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Offline Springbuck

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Re: Working Outside
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2015, 04:45:45 pm »
  All the time, depending on mood.  I do all my machete workout on a stump.
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