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Offline kentowl

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Re: Two Laminate Boardbow
« Reply #20 on: November 20, 2010, 10:05:00 AM »
Thanks, 8Charles! It's clearly lovely woodwork, but I also appreciate your engineering design. I thought the shelf looked cut pretty far in, but the wedge and handle thickness seem an effective way to compensate. Also extending the wedge well past the thin ends of the handle lams should protect them from cracking - gluing them on a flat belly rather than leaving a pedestal both looks great and must have been easier to make. Lots to ponder - now back to the stave on the steamer!
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Re: Two Laminate Boardbow
« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2010, 11:57:00 PM »
Rattus58


The back is 1/8" Hickory and the belly is White Oak.

Emmett

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Re: Two Laminate Boardbow
« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2010, 12:05:00 AM »
My son did most of the grinding on the handle (his first).  When he seemed to get perplexed and wasn't sure, I gave him a hand. I told him the shape he wanted was in there somewhere.  It was up to him to keep sanding to find it!

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Re: Two Laminate Boardbow
« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2010, 12:12:00 PM »
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Originally posted by 8Charles:
Rattus58


The back is 1/8" Hickory and the belly is White Oak.

Emmett
Beautiful... thank you for the explanation... lots of terms and concepts I'm just now coming to understand, so thank you for helping me with my education...

Much Aloha...  :archer2:

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