I recently started my first attempt at a couple of board bows for my son and I. They are coming along nicely so far.
A friend gave me some bamboo to back them with and recommendd that I shave the pieces down to about 1/8th inch thick before glueing them on. My question is this, which tool will work best to shave the boo. I have a 6in. jointer, a surform rasp, and a draw knife available to use.
Thanks for your suggestions. Steve
best to cut the profile out to the lam ur backin it to then take it down to knife edges i use my belt sander but u can hand dand it also brock
also look into making a framesaw. it will help you resaw things.
if its flooring bamboo , you might want to read up a little on here . its not a great backing.
natural boo is different , and in that case you would slip it , flatten it , then strip it down to where you want it
-hov
I've used a hand plane, rasp and belt sander to thin boo for backing. I thinned it first with a bandsaw.
Thanks for the suggestions
brock- no belt sander, but I may have one before the weekend is over.
hov- it's natural bamboo about 3" wide looks like it came from a piece 6 - 9 inces in diameter. Can you point me in the right direction to learn how to work it down to where it needs to be.
-steve
You can use all three of the tools you have but be very careful with the joiner and use a push stick.
Sureform should work pretty good and the draw knife will work but I'd opt for something else.
Thanks Pat B.
I think I'll give it a go after the hoopla in the morning.
steve now i know what ur usin for ur boo do like i was sayin cut out the profile then get it down where ya want it and make the edges knife edges other wise usin the full piece youll have a hollow hump when u glue it up brock
something out of a 9" piece should be pretty easy to get flat.
you could use the tools you have like pat said. if it were me , id take a sureform to it , get it all flat on the inside , then peel all the cut fibers out so you have all whole grains.
sort of like splitting it. only not...
-hov
Thanks for all the help guys. I went out this morning and spent about 2 hours with shurform and got both pieces down to about 3/16th" at the high point.
I'm starting to take pics of each step, when I get to the tillering I'll try to post some of them.