Yup, I think he's skeered to get them new fancy smancy power tools dusty..  

Watch that yew dust, gives me a blasting headache!!

Some nice lams there. Yew dust gives me a headache too. I worked with Yew for several years without feeling anything, but it comes sneaking up on yew.Now I get a headache, feel strange in the chest and see pink half naked dancing girls. I try to sand it outside. Bue--.

OMG...    

"Now I get a headache, feel strange in the chest and see pink half naked dancing girls."

Can yew send me enough to sand on?  

   

LMAO..  

While time in the shop was limited this weekend, progress finally exceeded expectations. Saturday I as able to grind all of the lams, splice, prep riser blocks, and glue up one of the bows. Sunday I got the second one in the oven and then got the first one shooting; just needs final sanding now.

First time grinding my own lams. Well, I'm not counting pretending to while drinking at Roy's house last winter. Was a little frustrated at first with the inconsistency on the thickness. So I cranked it all the up and started sanding the conveyor belt. After that the lams were dead on in the middle, but still seemed to get a touch or snipe at the very ends (maybe 0.003" max?) I can't see how to fix that as it's a function of the hold down roller spacing. But I can't imagine .003 being that big of a deal at the tips or in the riser area, so I called it victory.

Yew dust doesn't give me as much enjoyment as Bue apparently. I am better about wearing at least a dust mask if not a respirator these days. The skin around my eyes was a bit irritated though as I went to bed Saturday, so I got up and washed my face and that seemed to do the trick.

Well, it's been a couple years since my last bow. Moved, started new job, new house, new workshop full of wife's furniture "projects".

Finally got it "cleaned" up, and made a tillering tree this weekend. Cut a few hickry' sticks out of a 1x6 that only took me an hour to find in the big box hardware store. Only decent one in the bunch, but it'll make a few nice shooters.
 Considering trying a white oak backed hickory, any thoughts on that?


Anyway here's the shop

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For some of you I'm sure this looks like a tornado hit, but for now I'm just happy to have enough room to do some playing.

Shop looks good to me.

I can't see the point of backing hickory with anything as it makes such a great backing itself.

That makes sense, I'll save the backings for the woods that actually need it

Think I wasted time with this hard maple, found what looks like thin bug trails under bark. Anyone know if this is still worth salvaging or use it for firewood?
 

Had a bow making party yesterday. Jake, 17 years old, working on his first bow.



All glued up and in the hot box.



Trapper Robs glue up.



I made a tillering tree for Robbie.

QuoteOriginally posted by canopyboy:
Shop looks good to me.

I can't see the point of backing hickory with anything as it makes such a great backing itself.

My thoughts exactly. Canopyboy is the one who convinced me once and for all to abandon any wood other than PERFECT hickory for backing, and I've never looked back. I've also never had a backing failure since.

QuoteOriginally posted by SportHunter:
Think I wasted time with this hard maple, found what looks like thin bug trails under bark. Anyone know if this is still worth salvaging or use it for firewood?
   

Decrowning mot be the ticket there. That will get you under the bug holes.

That is my thought as well. I have several cherry staves with the same problem and plan to drown and put rawhide backing on them.

Sitting in my buds camp in Warren county, Pa. About 5 miles from Tidoute, Pa on 337. 29 degrees outside and bear season opens tomorrow. Nothing like being away at camp in the mountains. Brought my 15 year old nephew along, this is his third bear hunting trip up here with me. The wood burner is the only heat for the camp. Purty cool stuff...

Nice part of the state Roy. Good luck with the bears and the nephew.

keep up with the woodstove and those decreasing resistance 12oz curls Roy.    

Called physical therapy gooberson...