Tuesday, February 18, 2014

More of the same.  Lots of scarf and glue.  The glue bench could use an upgrade but so far everything is straight.  Maybe two weeks before a real layup is possible.  It would be nice to do A-E sections.  I revised the laminate sheet and I am considering steaming the length of the laminates from the stem to section 3 then drying them in the form jig.   The 10 mm sections take the curve but one cracked at section 2.  With six or seven layers I dont want to blow it up.



Saturday, February 1, 2014

Had some difficulty with resawing and controlling board shape.  It is getting better but going real slow. There is a warp in the plank I started with that I am fighting that has forced some an extra step of building up planks for the lamination layers.  Each piece is getting a coat of epoxy following the West System folks method.   Some wood bees have really been storming the jig as well.  Three of them just today.  The ants are in the process of carrying away their bodies.

The scarf tool, resaw jig, and epoxy coating work space are setup so as soon as the design gets adjusted for these errors in sizing it should pick up speed.  Well we'll see.