Item L01
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The first generation of lap joint boomerangs that I made were simple Vees with angles of 60, 75 and 90 degrees. Most of these were made out of hardwoods such as Oak, Maple, Walnut, Cherry and Koa. In 1985, a collector and boomerang manufacturer named Ray Rieser sent me several boards of the most beautiful wood I had ever seen. Ray lived in Lower Burrell, PA, near Pittsburgh. He spent a large sum of money on an antique gun stock that was nearly 200 years old. He cut the gun stock into 1/8 inch slabs and asked me to make a couple of boomerangs out of this exceptional piece of wood. I made two Vee Lap Joint boomerangs. I kept one and sent the other one to Ray Rieser for his collection. There are only two of these and I doubt any one will ever fine a nicer piece of Tiger Tail Maple. When you move the blades back and forth, the surface looks like 3-D waves moving along the length of the blade. There is also a very nice rectangular piece of Dogwood inlayed into both tips. Ray found the Dogwood tree growing on his property. The Dogwood is banded with thin veneers of Walnut. The reverse side of this lap joint is 100% Tiger Tail Maple. This one is a beauty and among the best that I have ever constructed. It is in new condition and it looks like the day it was made. I have stored it in a collector's box for the past 40 years. I did throw it carefully a few times when it was made and it was a little heavy but a good flyer with a flight range of about 30 metres. Please take special care of it as it is one of only two made and one of my favorites.
Ted Bailey is a retired Aerospace Engineer who has been making and throwing boomerangs since the early 1970s. The first boomerangs he marketed were multibladers sold on the C.S.U. Sacramento campus in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s, Ted sold traditional boomerangs at the West Palm Beach Mall. In the early 1980s, Ted moved to Ohio and started throwing in Ohio tournaments He developed a line of miniature boomerangs that performed well in competition. In the 1980s, new products included lap joint boomerangs made out of exotic woods and high performance competition boomerangs, especially Fast Catch and MTA. Ted was active in the USBA and served as Secretary, President and as a board member in the 1980s. He was the editor of the USBA newsletter, Many Happy Returns, for two decades and also produced two independent publications: Boomerang Journal and Boomerang News. Ted taught Flying Toy classes in several schools located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Currently, Ted is retired and involved in internet marketing of boomerang products. |
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