Dust collection
How important is dust collection for the occasional bowyer working in an open air garage? At this point I have made a couple of bows in the last four months, and doubt that I will increase that pace...
View ArticleCenter Finding Gauge, Construction & Usage
This idea is not a new one, has been around for quite some time. I got the idea about 8-10 years ago from a wood working book, of which they were made of metal, not of wood and this is what I came up...
View ArticleShortest Flemish String Jig to date
Here it is what you have been waiting for. The shortest Flemish string jig. The need for this came from the fact that the compact Flemish string jig was still to long to put in or on a tool box for...
View ArticleHow I Steambend (Now With Photos!)
Somebody was asking about steambending. I am certainly no expert on the subject, but I have been doing quite a bit of it, and I hope this helps...Jim I. (Scorpion King) told me how to make this simple...
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Tilling board
Note that the ripped yard stick is glued to the maple board,The board is 72" long which should leave enough room for a scale. I did the cutout at the top with a wood chisel after I beat it a bit with...
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Holder for 4-way Rasp/files
Wrap leather around loosely lengthwise and superglue and clamp.Put small piece at bottom and clamp.Makes handling the tool more comfortable and easier to pay attention to your work. Leather makes it...
View ArticleToxophileken's tiller tree - tested to 200+lbs for Thimo
This thread if mainly for Thimo, as he was asking for plans for a tree that would handle the big bows he is making.Here is a link to one of his...
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Making and useing an adze
I was asked to do a tutorial on how I make my adzes so I'm going to put that together through this week end. Beginning with handle secection.Here is what I call a perfect handle in raw form. It is...
View ArticleShaving pony / Bow vice
Here is a handy looking rig for working a bow stavehome.rochester.rr.com/dma...shavepony/
View ArticleLinks to shaving Horse Plans
The photo at the top of this forum, the guy on the right, where can a fellow get plans to make that thing that is holding his stave? I could be wrong but that thing looks handy.I've altered this...
View ArticleHow To Build And Use A Simple Caul
Way back last year when I started posting photos on PaleoPlanet, I did a thread about steam bending. I was excited about the results I was getting, and I wanted to share the techniques I had been...
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New string jig...
Hello All,this weekend I have made jig for bowstring making. It can twist up to 8 strands at same time. Easy to use and result is very tight string. Disadvantage is, that must be used by two person,...
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Amateur Shaving Horse Plans
Howdy folks. I made these computerized drawings with measurements and other info for a friend who wanted to copy my shaving horse design.I thought to post it here just in case someone else might...
View Articlesharpening drawknife
I brought my drawknives to a professional for sharpening and they came back worse than when I gave them to the guy. He ground them on both sides of the edge. Can anybody help me to bring them back. I...
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Different Syle Shaving Horse
Different Type of shaving Horse, and some Fiddler style Dart Jigs Lead [-] Posts: 275
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Cheap Draw Knife
I have a friend who was going to throw away his old plainer blades because they where too dull- I grabbed em befor he could and made two draw knives. ligth weight and still sharp enough to shave wood,...
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Another shaving horse
Built this one yesterday using Tom's fine plans as a basis, but modifying the dumbhead design so as to avoid getting it out of a 4 X 6. As result, mine likely will not be as durable as Tom's. I also...
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steam box digram
this is a digram of a steam box that i have came up with #1 the copper tube/pipe that will run in side the pvc pipe needs to be some were around a 1 inch thick and about 3 1/2 feet long it needs to...
View ArticleVariable Grit Abrasives - Paleo Sand Paper and Intriguing Aspects of Hide Glue
Check out Stephen Shepherd's latest blog entry on his "new" sanding block. It is made out of stingray skin. But the intriguing bit is the reference to waterproofing hide glue. He has written a book on...
View ArticleHandle Splice Template
I didn't have any graph paper to draw out a template to make a fishtail splice, so I decided to make one on the computer. There's an allowance for band saw kerf at the point of each splice. Just...
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