Dennis
What is the reason for cutting the groove with the blunt end of the blade?
On 5/10/2012 3:12 PM, dennisatyson wrote:
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> Wanted to make sure you caught that I put the boron top and bottom
> while it is still in sheet form and then slice the spar off.
>
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> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "jos_melis"
> <jos_melis_at_...> wrote:
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> > Nice Dennis,
> > I'll try it this evening after cutting the spars the wy you and Mark
> (and others..) do it.
> > Jos
> >
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> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "dennisatyson"
> <ddtyson_at_> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have added a few photos to my gallery that show the little tool.
> > >
> > >
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/photos/album/1882585915/pic/list
> > >
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> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "dennisatyson"
> <ddtyson_at_> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My method is similiar to Marks, I start with a sheet .052 "C"
> grain and put the boron top and bottom and then slice off the spar
> .035 thick. I have a little fixture designed by Aikman that has a
> blade in it backwards that just pierces the surface of the wood to
> accept the boron. I will take a photo and post it as it's difficult to
> describe.
> > > >
> > > > Dennis
> > > >
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> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "jos_melis"
> <jos_melis_at_> wrote:
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> > > > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "Mark F1diddler"
> <f1diddler_at_> wrote:
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> > > > > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "jos_melis"
> <jos_melis_at_> wrote:
> > > > > > >d> Mark,
> > > > > > > I've noticed that there's something wrong with my email
> adress on yahoo, but I don't understand what :-(
> > > > > > > Anyway here's my questtion again.
> > > > > > > You put the boron on the sheet before cutting it so: your
> boron is glued to the sides of the spar??
> > > > > > > Or maybe I cut my spars the wrong way :-(( I use a
> homemadecoppy of the Ray Harlan cutter.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Your advice please and here's my other email adress:
> > > > > > > Jos.Melis1_at_
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ah, there are (at least) two ways to slice wood for spars,
> so I see where the confusion could be. If you slice spars that are to
> become .034" thick X .063" tall (for example) you could cut from
> either a sheet .034" thick or from a sheet .063" thick. I use a sheet
> .063" thick (so that I can sand a taper toward the tips, before
> boron.) After boron installed (only) top and bottom on this sheet, I
> then strip off .034" (or whatever) thickness desired with
> Jones/Gardener/Attyson type stripper. But since you are using Harlan
> stripper, I assume you start with sheet which thickness is the same as
> the spar thickness (example .034") Therefore, my method would only
> access one edge to install boron, and how other builders install boron
> on the other (newly sliced) edge, I do not know for sure, but it's
> obviously without too much trouble. I'm sure someone else will step in
> to answer this.
> > > > > > Mark B
> > > > > >
> > > > > Thanks Mark
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Received on Thu May 10 2012 - 12:38:36 CEST