2024 What did you do today

[BO-R]

that will be one sharp looking bow!

[Crooked Stic]

Never heard of lace maple. Has it another name?

[Mad Max]

that will be one sharp looking bow!

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Waiting   

[Burnsie]

Google brings up Lace leaf Japanese Maple?

[Noah70]

Never heard of lace maple. Has it another name?

I believe the “lace” refers to the style of grain configuration, also referred to as “Veil Maple”. It’s one of many grain anomalies found in maples, ie. birdseye, lace, veil, quilted, Burl, etc. It can be enhanced by the way the log is cut, 1/4 sawn, etc.  its also common in yellow birch, although not as pronounced.

[Kirkll]

Never heard of lace maple. Has it another name?

The term "Laced" is used for other hardwoods like leopard wood. That has a Laced grain to it. Its also sometimes called "quilted" maple, but it's referring to the grain pattern. I'm not really sure what type of maple tree this came from. It's got the same white color as Rock hard eastern maple, but it's not half as dense... it's more like western maple in density and mass weight. I wouldn't use it for riser wood without serious reinforcement.

ooops .... didn't see that last post.... You got it.

[Crooked Stic]

Glue heater.

[Crooked Stic]

That went sideways 

[Kirkll]

That went sideways 

So what exactly are we looking at Mike?

[Crooked Stic]

It is a brooder light with the guards on it that let you slide your bowl of glue in there to warm it up on a cold day. Don't know how the pic got sideways.

[Kirkll]

I thought that's what it looked like, but the bowl threw me. 


I had a half dozen of those at one time, but they were much bigger. The ones i had were 36" across. Used them for baby Pheasants and quail mostly, but used them on fryer chicks too. I gave up the chicken ranching and exotic birds back in 1990. Sure miss that home grown chicken though... 

I use a microwave.... 10- 15 seconds depending on weather.  But... this is a designated shop microwave.... and after 14 years of bow building its butt ugly.

Kirk

[Kirkll]

Doing overlays on my current long bow, and hit it with a bit of lacquer .... check out these veneers under glass...

[kennym]

Those are sweet !!

Farm work today for me and possibly crappie fishin later

[dbeaver]

Sweet lookin bow there Kirk.

  I'd like to steam bend some tips today for the first time, let's see if I can get it done.  Any tips for 2 year dried hard maple it's got a full width 2 inch profile and I began to taper the profile about 8 inches from the tips. Left them at a 5/8"ish at the nocks for any corrections after bending.

[Kirkll]

Those are sweet !!

Farm work today for me and possibly crappie fishin later

I just got the new tags for my boat, and am getting ready to start fishing for Spring Chinook salmon. The weather changed for the good, and i gotta get some time on the river logged. They are just now starting to pick up fish in the big river now. The Columbia closes on Friday . Just about the time the fish get here in good numbers. Then everyone fishes the Willamette until late June. Typically i'm done fishing springers by the end of May, but the last couple years they have caught them clear into July....

here is our fishing machine....

[Kirkll]

Sweet lookin bow there Kirk.

  I'd like to steam bend some tips today for the first time, let's see if I can get it done.  Any tips for 2 year dried hard maple it's got a full width 2 inch profile and I began to taper the profile about 8 inches from the tips. Left them at a 5/8"ish at the nocks for any corrections after bending.

Most of my steam bending done was doing furniture, and tight radius laminations for canes and such... But i have dealt with Maple before..... my suggestion for bending dried hard maple would be to soak the wood over night before steaming. it makes the stuff easier to bend without any damage getting some moisture into the pores.     Kirk

[Buemaker]

That will be a good looking one. Nice fishing rig.

[Kirkll]

riser shaped....

[Mad Max]

Cool looking bow

[wood carver 2]

That’s some seriously beautiful wood Kirk. You sure build a nice bow.
Dave.