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Author Topic: Taper Lam Sleds  (Read 4085 times)

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Taper Lam Sleds
« on: August 30, 2006, 09:22:00 PM »
For you guys who do your own tapered lams I would like to see some pics of your sleds. I have a new Grizzly Drum sander and want to get set up to do tapers.
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2006, 03:30:00 AM »
Me too.... :)

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2006, 09:11:00 PM »
Anybody?
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2006, 12:49:00 AM »
I can probably post a picture but it would be hard to see the taper.  My sleds are 40" long and are machined out of aircraft aluminum that is approx. 5/8" thick.
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2006, 05:05:00 AM »
I have a  8"X40" board with my taper sanded in. I took an old sanding belt and glued/stapled it to the board. I just lay my lams ontop of the sanding belt and it holds fine. I do not have any pics though.

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2006, 12:56:00 PM »
Ric,
How do you hold your lam to the aluminum, with double sided tape?

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2006, 01:29:00 PM »
Vince, I just contact cement some 80 or 100 grit sandpaper to the sled, making sure that it is laying flat the whole length.  I only spray the cement on the back of the paper, which allows easy removal from the sled when the paper needs replacing.  I forgot to mention that my sleds are 5" wide which allows me to grind 2 lams at once.
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2006, 02:45:00 PM »
Thanks Rick!
That's a good idea to grind two at a time, did you have a machine shop build your sled, if so what did they charge you for that.
I want to try grinding my own lams as soon as I get one of these elk to co-operate with me, it's like there is an invisible fence at 30 yards! Can't quite get em close enough.
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2006, 02:54:00 PM »
there was an article in TB about making lams this year, and he went into how he made his fixtures

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2006, 10:45:00 AM »
Tim, do you remember what month that article was? I looked through old copies and couldn't find it? warden415

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2006, 11:22:00 AM »
the only one i know of is the spring 2006 bowyer journal by jack harrison , preparing and grinding laminations    hope this helps

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2006, 08:11:00 PM »
thanks , harold

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2007, 11:17:00 PM »
Does anyone have a copy of the spring 2006 bowters journal article on grinding lams by Jack harrison? I would like to see this. I only started getting the magazine last summer.
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2007, 01:02:00 AM »
Hey guys check out varcher.com i think thats it hes also a tradg member aswell he has a nice one he built plus he came up with a little jig he made for prechecking tiller of lamb to nice guy to  twisted
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2007, 06:48:00 AM »
I made these grinders to taper my lams. The first one is for lengths up to ~35", the one with the belt sander for lengths up to ~70".
After that I can check the pre-tiller using my tiller stick with a detachable extra jig on top of it.

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This one is for short lams.

 
This one is for longer lams.

Pre-tiller jig to check the tiller
 

 

 
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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2007, 12:35:00 PM »
Here is one I showed a year and a half ago.
Could be some new people since then.  Bue--.

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2007, 07:57:00 PM »
st ic, here is one i made to use with the grizzy

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Re: Taper Lam Sleds
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2007, 09:55:00 PM »
Yep I had a alum. one made also. Mine is just the plate with no legs. Works really good so far.
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