Venchka
08-24-2004, 10:29 PM
Dragging the discussion down in Designs/Plans up to Building/Repair. Using the SEARCH feature to good advantage. One builders vote for cutting strips on a table saw and more...
Originally posted by NormMessinger:
Prairie Islander is strip planked with 5/8" western redcedar as specified by the designer, Iain Oughtred. I bought "two by" flat sawn stock. Width didn't matter, 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, what ever. I then used a narrow kerf saw blade on my table saw to strip off 5/8 x 1-1/2" strips. Ta Da! Vertical grain strips with minimal waste. Nailing the strips helps hold them in alignment but are not needed to hold the strips once the epoxy is cured. I used 1/8" wood dowels which had enough grip to draw the strips together a little. They are nice 'cause when those few that will, no matter how good you eye your drill, come out the inside can easily be sanded off.
A 6oz glass layer adds a little strength but, my impression is, it primarily assures a uniform and adequate thickness of epoxy which, with the paint you cover it with, keeps the water out of your strips.
Joy to you.
--NormWe have indisputable evidence that Norm's Prairie Islander is a keeper. Norm knows!
Wayne
Learning every day in the Swamp. :D
Originally posted by NormMessinger:
Prairie Islander is strip planked with 5/8" western redcedar as specified by the designer, Iain Oughtred. I bought "two by" flat sawn stock. Width didn't matter, 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, what ever. I then used a narrow kerf saw blade on my table saw to strip off 5/8 x 1-1/2" strips. Ta Da! Vertical grain strips with minimal waste. Nailing the strips helps hold them in alignment but are not needed to hold the strips once the epoxy is cured. I used 1/8" wood dowels which had enough grip to draw the strips together a little. They are nice 'cause when those few that will, no matter how good you eye your drill, come out the inside can easily be sanded off.
A 6oz glass layer adds a little strength but, my impression is, it primarily assures a uniform and adequate thickness of epoxy which, with the paint you cover it with, keeps the water out of your strips.
Joy to you.
--NormWe have indisputable evidence that Norm's Prairie Islander is a keeper. Norm knows!
Wayne
Learning every day in the Swamp. :D