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The poly glues are very good and they are water activated. make sure that
you have a decent fit though as the foamed glue is not very strong. Brian |
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By the way, you are making good progress. Keep it up.
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"Brian Combs" wrote in message ...
By the way, you are making good progress. Keep it up. Brian Brian, Thanks. I know very little about woodworking, all my past fabrication experience has been with metal instrumentation with tiny watchlike parts with very close tolerances so working with wood is a new experience. I find that the parts do not fit as well as I like. Will the joints be smoothed at the end and filled? There are gaps where edges do not exactly meet etc. This seems unavoidable because it is almost impossible to get measurements better than 1/16 in wood and probably no better than 1/8" (ok, make it 1/4" for me). So far, I am pleased but maybe I just have low expectations for my own woodworking. I expected to get some work done today but was sidetracked by Easter and family. David |
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(Parallax) wrote in message . com...
(Parallax) wrote in message . com... "Brian Combs" wrote in message ... By the way, you are making good progress. Keep it up. Brian Brian, Thanks. I know very little about woodworking, all my past fabrication experience has been with metal instrumentation with tiny watchlike parts with very close tolerances so working with wood is a new experience. I find that the parts do not fit as well as I like. Will the joints be smoothed at the end and filled? There are gaps where edges do not exactly meet etc. This seems unavoidable because it is almost impossible to get measurements better than 1/16 in wood and probably no better than 1/8" (ok, make it 1/4" for me). So far, I am pleased but maybe I just have low expectations for my own woodworking. I expected to get some work done today but was sidetracked by Easter and family. David Got the stringers glued and screwed to the bulkheads today and to the cockpit sides (mostly) before running out of screws. I am a little worried because the curvature of the bulkheads seems more than the curvature of the hull botom but I imagine strap clamps will cause the hull bottom to bend some. I feel as if I have bathing in this glue. OK, I did screw up. Just admiring my work when I noticed that I made three left cockpit bulkheads and only one right one. Not too much of a problem as I do have he material to make the correct one. |
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remember that in working with wood it is often possible to fill, patch, and
fake a great finish. While a perfect fit would be nice many (most?) of us are not able to accomplish that (and with some of the new glues the perfect fit is not desirable) save your sawdust--mix with epoxy and fill as needed. seams that are glassed can take a lot of less than perfect fit and seams that have a fillet . . . . now Mr. Sawdust in his book on setting up the Dewalt RAS talks about getting tolerances of 1/128th of an inch. That is lost on me as I have trouble seeing a 32nd on the rule and a 64th I just can't even see. give yourself a break and enjoy tolerances that a real person can sometimes do. Brian |
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