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Which Tool for Relieving Bulkhead ?
Rick wrote: mike worrall wrote: How do I do this? That is, wat tool(s) would be used for removing the plywood, leaving a clean cut of consistent depth? A router. A belt sander A power plane A block plane if you are a real masochist. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Which Tool for Relieving Bulkhead ?
Or if your really brave, you could do this with a large course disk sander..
Takes some skill to control the big disk sanders. The builders of my hull, Blue Water Boats did a nice neat job of it and I believe it was done with a very large belt sanding machine. The chamfered the 1" bulkheads back about a foot all around and that is how far their hull/bulkhead attachment was carried on my 38 ft hull.. -- My opinion and experience. FWIW Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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Which Tool for Relieving Bulkhead ?
I know nothing about router blades. Ignoring the possibility of a router
blade, you can get a consitent depth of recess by first scoring the area to be recessed with a saw set to the depth of recess you want. Perhaps run a hand held circular saw along a line parallel to the edge of the bulkhead and then run a few cuts between this first cut and th edge. If the depth to be removed is only 1/8" there will be no problem following a curved line with a hand held circular saw set at that depth. Then take a power sander and sand down until the saw cuts just disappear. If working with plywood its pretty easy just to sand off the face ply. Its obvious when you start sanding into the second ply. If the face ply is the depth you want to remove, you're laughing my son. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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Which Tool for Relieving Bulkhead ?
William R. Watt ) writes:
... If the depth to be removed is only 1/8" there will be no problem following a curved line with a hand held circular saw set at that depth. I should have recommended using a rip fence on the hand held circular saw. Mine cost about $10 Canadian and has been very handy. I still mark the line to be cut so I can see if I'm cutting correctly, but the rip fence helps a lot to steady the hand. You can set it first to 3" and go around the edge, then set it to 2" and go around again, then to 1" and score the surface again. The three cuts should be enough of a guide to get a consistent recess with the sander. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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