Cool and I see new buffing wheels?

Yes you do! I mounted them on a cheap Grizzly grinder. I think it spins too fast though and the wheels are not concentric, but hey what can you expect from HF!

I'm working on a form for a guy, 2 bow blanks, and a bow kit and not seeming to get anything done... LOL

Quote from: Flem on December 29, 2020, 12:36:02 PM
Yes you do! I mounted them on a cheap Grizzly grinder. I think it spins too fast though and the wheels are not concentric, but hey what can you expect from HF!

I believe a buffer is supposed turn at 3200 rpms, maybe even 3600, I forget.

Try harder Kenny ole boy:)

I started removing the bark and sapwood off of a nice, 2 year old osage stave, my least favorite part of wood bow building. I'm planning on an ALB but will decide that once I get a good back ring exposed. This will be my first build in at least a year so y'all pray for me. 

Flem, do you have your head just below that heater? Perhaps it could be used as as a hanging lid in a heat box?
I can't seem to get much done these days, managed to make glue from fish bladders though.
Most of the time drinking coffee and smoking a cigarillo.

Looking forward to your bow build, Pat.

Been a year since I made one too.

Bue I understand, it's been a year since I built a bow and now have one started, but the holidays, snow and a touch of a sore throat have me not working on it much yet.

Quote from: Pat B on December 29, 2020, 01:06:29 PM
I started removing the bark and sapwood off of a nice, 2 year old osage stave, my least favorite part of wood bow building. I'm planning on an ALB but will decide that once I get a good back ring exposed. This will be my first build in at least a year so y'all pray for me. 

Yes, we need a Osage bow build Pat

Boo slat bow. I cam across this, so I will give it a try
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGaaIDd_2M&feature=youtu.be

https://youtu.be/qPGaaIDd_2M

If you can see my drawing in front of the boo.
I got the profile cut out and sanded the belly flat and tapered the tip to zero.
The wide part of the limbs are 1-5/8" 62" NTN  ?#@28"




The limbs will be glued on like this


I will make my Siyahs different than he did.
I have a old form for making .050 laminated Siyahs, so I glued up some sitka spruce
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One glued up

Looking forward to that one, Mark.

Will be interesting

Spruce and Bamboo, sounds pretty cool!

Bue, it's 1100 watts. Too much for a box!

 

Nice...  You should be doing a build on it's own thread...   

Nope I don't really know what I'm doing, just moving forward to see what happens

Going to glue on a osage overlay and some buffalo horn for the tips


Glued the limbs to the riser with Titebond lll, I been using TBlll for all the bow

Lookin good Mark!! Think the titebond will keep her together?

If you watched the video--Reply #1188 It has serving wrapped on all the joints

Nope didn't have time to watch it 

Video don't werk...