problems with grinding sleds

[Krasus]

Hey Wayne.

I get my apply ply from upper Canada. Don't know if that's any help to you up on the island. If you or the mrs are coming my way for anything i can mill some up for ya. Let me know.  

[wcdurand]

Wayne its time you pack your bags man and come home. We need you here! And the sleds stay sraight all year! Just not now as i am halway there saving money to visit you in haida gway if you will still put up with me.Cheers willem.    MIGht aswell think about a bow swop between the two of us! I have a two weight cane rod build for you.it is 6'6" twopiece and two tips. Should work in those small streams regards

[fujimo]

Thanks Cody- gotta think of something.- cant carry on like this

hey Willem, my old friend, you are always welcome here mate- i know its a "Groot Trek" to get over here-especially when the exchange is 10 to 1!!!

sleds may stay straight, but i will have to dust off all my sidearms - and learn to shoot them again    :D   .

will send   you a pm, and talk about a bow swap!      

[V I Archer]

ApplePly is a brand name of thin (1/16" layers)laminated birch plywood.  Finnish Birch utilizes fairly thin laminations and may be easier to obtain.  All I have been able to find locally is standard "Baltic Birch" plywood.

[fujimo]

thanks for clearing that up mate- i , in my ignorance actually thought it was ply made from applewood      
i thought Cody had won the lotto!!!   :D

[ChuckC]

Glue a popsicle stick sidewise across the lower end (what will be the wide end of a taper), or either side for a parallel (glue it to the sled, not the lamination) and butt the piece to be ground against that.   Works well for me.

[fujimo]

good idea Chuck- so you feed in the thin end first?
no problems with that?
just go slow i guess!

[ChuckC]

Thats what i do.  Have had no problems at all.

[fujimo]

awesome- thanks

[Roy from Pa]

Great idea, Chuck.