power strips (picture update)

Started by b.glass, October 24, 2012, 04:50:00 PM

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b.glass

I am attempting to build a bow with a power strip for the first time.

I'm finding the making of the power strip to be very tedious. I can't get rid of the gap where the feathered edge of the strip meets the bamboo backing and the belly wood.

Is there an acceptable gap that the Urac can fill?

Bona
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Roy from Pa

Do you have the feathered edge thin as a sharp knife edge? Urac is very good at filling gaps though.

macbow

The key as Roy says very thin  and also  a long taper not,a quick,taper.
I hot melt my slats to a piece of wood for a backing and sand them down on my disk sander.
When I glue them I make sure there is extra glue on those areas and use a C clamp right at that junction.
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b.glass

I think my biggest problem is the nodes of the boo is so close to the feathered edge. I would love to get a transition like yours vanillabear.

I can post a pic maybe but I already know I don't like what I have.

It is a long taper and it is very thin.

Thanks for responding.

Bona
B.Glass, aka Mom, aka Longbowwoman
Gregory R. Glass Feb. 14th, 1989-April 1st, 2007; Forever 18.
TGMM Family of The Bow
Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe".

macbow

Bona, if your bamboo and wood are nice and flat having a node close should not matter. I use a small piece of 1/4 inch plywood between the clamp and boo so I can get some pressure. But not enough to starve the joint of glue.
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Roy from Pa

Bona, call Hova. He has a camera in his sock drawer. LOL

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b.glass

I have a camera....I just don't know how to use it.  :rolleyes:
B.Glass, aka Mom, aka Longbowwoman
Gregory R. Glass Feb. 14th, 1989-April 1st, 2007; Forever 18.
TGMM Family of The Bow
Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe".

b.glass

I checked my work after talking to y'all and saw room for improvement.

The transition is much better now and I think I might be ok with the glue up. The feathered edge is disintigrating and the taper is even longer. It didn't seem to take much to make a big difference. It's not as good as  yours though vb.

I could see light through it easily before, now it's I difficult to see light or not at all but there is still a slight gap.
B.Glass, aka Mom, aka Longbowwoman
Gregory R. Glass Feb. 14th, 1989-April 1st, 2007; Forever 18.
TGMM Family of The Bow
Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe".

JamesV

Instead of a power lam the way I move the bend farther down the limb away from the fades is this: When I grind my lams I start my taper
2-2 1/2 inches from the end of the fades and taper to the limb tips.

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Crooked Stic

Lay your power lam on a flat hardwood block with the feathered end even with the end of the hardwood block.Now flat block sand the feather edge untill it is ragged. Drag your flat block toward the feathered end while sanding to prevent splintering it out. You can get them paper thin with this method. I use 40 grit.
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b.glass

Crooked Stic, I did something like that. I laid it on a pine board and used a toothing plane on it. I got good results that way too. I think my biggest problem was the looong taper. It's been glued up and I need to smush a little more urac in the glue line in a couple of spots before I take her to the bandsaw.

Bona
B.Glass, aka Mom, aka Longbowwoman
Gregory R. Glass Feb. 14th, 1989-April 1st, 2007; Forever 18.
TGMM Family of The Bow
Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe".

b.glass



This is the bow with the power strip. I've tried to get good pics of the power strip.
B.Glass, aka Mom, aka Longbowwoman
Gregory R. Glass Feb. 14th, 1989-April 1st, 2007; Forever 18.
TGMM Family of The Bow
Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe".

b.glass

B.Glass, aka Mom, aka Longbowwoman
Gregory R. Glass Feb. 14th, 1989-April 1st, 2007; Forever 18.
TGMM Family of The Bow
Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe".

b.glass



 

Here are the "flipped" tips I glued on.
B.Glass, aka Mom, aka Longbowwoman
Gregory R. Glass Feb. 14th, 1989-April 1st, 2007; Forever 18.
TGMM Family of The Bow
Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, just believe".

macbow

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