when yer happy, i'm happy

just got these spy shots from Myles in Indy and here's what he had to say...

"absolutely beautiful bars, well worth the wait. I will send you better pictures later.

thanks again! just beautiful.."

they're a fraction smaller

in their diameter on one side, it's not very noticeable but if you give it a good feel, it'll be revealed. I did it so that you can run a front brake (most hinge clamp ones) and flip flop it to whichever side you want that brake on. good news is - it's wicked, bad news is - It doesn't really run a bell that great.

back to it

so I more or less took the summer off from working for two reasons. 1) my first born son was born - amazing. 2) I decided to re-engineer the bars entirely and make a lot of templates and demo bars.

I met chris at the LCBO the other day and took a look at his Maple bars he's been running with for a few months. they look so nice now, like antique furniture almost in that well worked oil finish + daily hand polishing sweat way- like an old axe or hatchet or somethin.

back to point, the "new" bars (v2) are no longer made from sweet grained hardwoods but rather from sweet high-grade aircraft ply. on average each bar is rocking 21 layers of ply at 1/16". what does that mean? damn strong son, is what that means. I also have added a POWER STICK to the line up for those of you that need/want/desire something stronger. It's a 2 ply, carbon re-enforced POWER STICK of ply wood love. - I built this one for Marty at Geekhouse whom I'm trying to convince about the practicality and wickedness of wood bars (how could you not love it when it shows up at your door?).

anyway, the original IRON BOARD is still 90 bucks but the POWER STICK I have to ask 120 to cover the cost of the carbon.

whew! whoa!

wow! Busy summer. We had a baby, and this little guy has been keeping us busy! To those of you waiting on bars - THANK YOU for your patience - the wait will be well worth it I promise!

I decided to re-engineer the bars entirely from the inside out and they are the greatest things you have NOT YET SEEN! I am so confident in these bar's wickedness and style. so fine. Those of you in SD and INDY will be getting yours soon. look out!

summertime

coming soon...

new tools, new timber

I setup my new table router this week, ran a few test strips, honed the bit a little, and ran some bars from a nice new piece of Sugar Maple. This one is about 40-50 years old, has that "maple ribbon" and has such a light complexion that I might stain a few to add some character and see how that looks.

Here's one rough cut, pre-finished.