2022 what did you do today?

[Buggs]

Fixed my spindle sander. Turns out the teeth on the gear did not strip out, they got mashed. I was able to partially reform and trim the three that were damaged. Still works, so I will save for a backup.

Still having a hard time swallowing the $50. for the replacement, $.001 piece of nylon made overseas

Profiteering is still alive and thriving!

[Buemaker]

Glued up a trilam Hickory European Walnut Ipe. Full lenght lams all tapered.

[Mad Max]

40 something clamps on that one bue
Watching to see this one finished.

[Pat B]

Looking good, Bue.    Hopefully I'll get to my glue up in the next day or so. Been staging everything but haven't had a chance to do the glue up yet.

[Roy from Pa]

Nice Bue.

[Buemaker]

Rough grind laminated knifeblades I made. Wednesday I will temper and anneal.

[kennym]

Bue, you man of many talents !

[Roy from Pa]

Nice job. Bue.

[onetone]

Bue - Forging welding laminated blades is a no small part of the work! I like the through tangs - real durable. Like ok forward dot seeing more of that bow as it progresses.

[Buggs]

Damn overachieving Norweigans making the rest of us look bad

I hope you are going to harden and temper, rather than temper and anneal

[Buemaker]

That English language.

[Buggs]

Cleaned, sharpened and slick coated my back country hiking saw.

If you are one of the masochists who like to go out and harvest your own wood, this is a great saw. 15" of teeth, pull cut and it's sharpenable! It's easy to two hand and as long as you can give it power, it will eat wood real aggressively.

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's ok:)

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Last set of limbs I made, I noticed the glass had some waves in it. Inspected my form and noticed the plywood had "compressed" slightly in a few areas.

So I block sanded my form surfaces and redid the top strip on the form.

Got some reallllly nice quarter sawn sycamore to try it out on for next set of limbs.

[Stagmitis]

Quartersawn Sycamore is beautifull!

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Yes it is. I cut the "trout stripe" out of the board for the limbs.

Here is a bowed psaltery I made out of quarter sawn sycamore and walnut. This pic is before the strings were added

[Crooked Stic]

Love that sycamore

[onetone]

Beautiful figure in the wood and it looks like fine work from where I am sitting!

[Mad Max]

Last set of limbs I made, I noticed the glass had some waves in it. Inspected my form and noticed the plywood had "compressed" slightly in a few areas.

So I block sanded my form surfaces and redid the top strip on the form.

Got some reallllly nice quarter sawn sycamore to try it out on for next set of limbs.

How much pressure are you using on the hose? How did the dent get there?
Sometimes I'm not holding the router good enough and it make a low spot and I fill it with smooth-on and tap on the side

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

When I made the form, I needed like an 1/8" to get the width and used some Ram Board in the middle. I did not pay attention on a set of limbs I made and had the pressure at 80psi which is way too high. It "sunk" in the area of the ram board. Looked kinda cool and made a slight rib right down the middle that you could see with black glass.