Lam taper jig

[Wolftrail]

I'm searching for some good photos of hand made lam grinding jigs. What I'm thinking of using is a disk sander.  
Ok call me crazy but I have done tapers in the past free hand using the disk sander. Its tricky, But I have to say it worked well and I did not have any bad glue joints. ...    :p

[inksoup]

even crazier here...

i was doing tapers with free hand without using any power tools...  :D

and yes... this type of jig would be helpful...

best.

[inksoup]

[rmorris]

What kind of taper rates you looking for? If you want the standard .002/" or so I would order a set from one of the suppliers.

You have a few options, you could get a nice flat board and fasten the tapers to the board, the distance apart you want your taper and then it will act as a guide for your tapers, to adjust the thickness just lay flat items such as paper down first.
What power tools do you have access to?

[Wolftrail]

Originally posted by rmorris:
What kind of taper rates you looking for? If you want the standard .002/" or so I would order a set from one of the suppliers.

You have a few options, you could get a nice flat board and fasten the tapers to the board, the distance apart you want your taper and then it will act as a guide for your tapers, to adjust the thickness just lay flat items such as paper down first.
What power tools do you have access to?

I can cut lams, have a router thats about it. Thats how I did my lams before "a nice flat board and fasten the tapers to the board"  just free hand grind with a 60 grit disk did not use anything else but my own 2 eyes....     .

[Buemaker]

I saw pics of one which used two metal rails with the wanted taper. Parallel laminates were placed between the rails and a handheld band sander was used crosswise. Taken from the book Traditional Bowyers of America. Bue--.

[Wolftrail]

Thats cool. I think I will use the method last time.  It worked what can I say.  Thanks