New Shop Additions
 

Picked up some more gear for the shop.
First a 4" jointer to help square things up;)



Plus a second hand drum sander it is larger than what I need 16/32" but for the money I could not pass it up and no way can I afford a new one just yet:)





It does a really good job here are the first set of lams through it.

I had a sled made up with a .001 per running inch taper;)

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Nice new toys. Guess I gotta start buying some stuff I want to start attempting to make some bows. I can work with wood I build some hella nice decks LOL wondering if I can make some bows?

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I’m jealous. I’m in need of a new drum sander. Well, actually I think I’m going to get a new motor for the lam gig I made. It would be much cheaper. That is, once I quit playing with the self bows. I know I keep saying Im going to get back into the plywood bow buisness. It would save me a butt load of time. I just like the elegance of a board, or self bow. Besides, I’ve got some snake skins waiting for some snaky Osage bows next spring.

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Kent.

I just ground some morelams does the Curly Maple look famular:)



I think these will go well with a riser made out of the Bolivian Rosewood;)

I will order the glass and Action Boo next week[8D]

But can't make a start on another bow till I get the new belt/spindlesander[:@]

William.

I hope you have deep pockets it can get expensive to get set up.:D

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Now thats some perty curly maple. lol. The last lam bow I made with that very wood came out great. The glass showed off the curly pattern real well. I have to admit, when i riped those, I was at the end of that stock. It was not quite as curly as the first 20 lams. ;)

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Things are looking good Russ!

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Greg.

The next thing I am going to get is a new sander the ones I had, the guy who owned them needed them back:(

I looking real hard at the Rigid belt/spindle sander combo that Home Depot have;). Been checking out Ebay as well but dang those guys want new price for used equipment then when you add the shipping it's cheaper to buy new locally[:@]

Kent.

Untill you get your lam machine up and runnin send them to me and I will grind them down for ya;)

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Good deal Russ. I need some, a spindle sander myself.

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What size motor do you need I can get motors fairly cheap If I dont have one laying around. As long as its 825-1100 rpm range. 1/4hp to3/4 hp real easy

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The electrians end up with all kinds of stuff!You can also look in a Grainger catalog for a motor...they all kinds of neat stuff in there,and they have good name brand parts!