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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!

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Me too Kent. I have several different small motors laying around. Let me know what HP you are looking for.
Also right behind the $200 rolling deer camp is a nice Osage tree with a limb thats about 7' long and pretty straight. I think I'll cut it down this weekend. Maybe we can meet up in abilene over the winter so I can get 1/2 the staves to you. Of course there will be a hunt involved out there.

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I appreciate it guys. Ill let yall know. I have not even checked. Ive got two motors at my big shop, ill check them out first and let yall know.

Tx
you bet. Im up for hunting just about any time. Your place above Ft. Phantom is not far at all from my house. And if you feel froggy, my land is another hour west in Jayton.

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You guy's start ya own thread and stop jackin mine[8D]:D:D:D

Just ripped up some more lams have not put the tapers in them yet.

What ya'll think?



I was thinking about doing a diaginal cut from top to bottom on each one then glueing the 2 different colors into 1 lam;)

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Make for a colorful bow. Definately make it stand out.