Bow Sander - Toolmake15 - Willem's WoodNotes - Telemann Recorder Fantasia nr. 1

ToolMake15, a Bow Sander from a Pallet. Willem's WoodNotes

There is a competition going on, it's the Toolmake15 competition by Mitch Peacock from WoMadeOd, to make a tool for the shop. With this video i deliver my entry from the Netherlands.

Toolmake15 video:    • TOOLMake15 Launch Video  
Mitch Peacock's Website: http://womadeod.co.uk
Toolmake15 Playlist:    • #TOOLMake15  
This channel is Highly recommended. Go subscribe today. Mitch is a very accomplished woodworker with good educational skills.

Inspired by Steve Hay from WoodworkingMasterclass from Australia, i made a version of his Bow Sander from a pallet someone dumped in a nearby forest. This is a prototype to test the concept myself. One day I'll make one a little bit nicer, probably from harder wood. I think i need one for each grit. The whole process took about an hour, the making of the video many, many hours.

Bow Sander video by Steve Hay:    • Bow-Sander, for sanding Cabriole Legs, Cur...  
Woodworking Masterclass channel:    / @woodworkingmasterclass  
Woodworking Masterclass Website: http://www.woodworkingmasterclass.com.au
Steve is a fantastic teacher and a very good woodworker, highly recommended to subscribe to his channel and website.

A bow sander is a bow shaped holder for a strip of cloth backed sandpaper, which makes an ideal tool for sanding curved shapes. I wanted to test it on spindle turning work too and found it to work nicely.

I have been struggling with my energy level for a while. My daughter helped me film this and did the editing of the video. She's already better at it than I am, so she's got the job :). She also helped with cutting the sandpaper and oiling the end result. Father Daughter Shoptime! (her youtube channel for those who like horse riding computer games:    / Канал  )

The music is Fantasia nr 1 for recorder by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), played by me on an old Alto recorder made from Ahorn by the now defunct Ariel company from Israel. If you really like this, you can use it as long as you mention my name. I have an mp3 version if you need it. The music starts about 3:50.
I needed about a minute more music so i used a bit from the Gymnopedie nr 1 by Satie from the Youtube Audio Library.

Video edited with Windows Movie Maker, converted from camera (stupid mod-files) with Videopad Lite, Music converted from video to mp3 with iTunes, Audacity to clean up the music recording, transfer of files between my macbook to my daughters laptop with http://wetransfer.com (highly recommended), recorded with a canon handheld camera Legria fs20.

Many thanks for the Stickers to Peter and Karol for sending them without expecting anything in return (i don't have stickers yet... maybe one day) Both guys are highly recommended. Check out their channels!
ShopTime by Peter Brown:    / kludge1977  
KKMake by Karol Kolanovski:    / polishedwoodworking  

August 1st, the 2nd Annual Pallet Up Cycle Challenge by Sterling Davis starts. If there had been an overlap with Toolmake15, I would be able to enter both with one video. But I have plenty of pallet left. Check the video at    • 2nd Annual Pallet Up Cycle Challenge, Priz...