Re: MJ hollow mast

I would consider routing a rabbit along the edge of the fore and aft
staves. It wouldn't need to be very deep, maybe 1/8 inch. Seems to me
this would be quicker than gluing on a strip and no nails in your
nice varnished mast.

Vince chew

--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Chuck Leinweber" <chuck@d...> wrote:
> > Any tips out there as to how to prevent the side staves slipping
> > inwards when the clamps are applied? Perhaps glue it up in
stages,
> > i.e. narrow side stay to base one day, other side the next, top
after
> > that?
> > Col Mooney
>
> You can use 6d nails driven part way in to hold the position of the
pieces,
> then remove them after the glue has set. Alternately use drywall
screws
> that have been sprayed with WD-40 for the clamping.
>
> Chuck

Hi Col - I have never built a hollow mast - but when I was building my mj - I
considered laminating the first two pieces together - as if building a solid
mast - and then using a router to cut out the center - maybe a bass ackwards
way to do it tho' I also don't know if just ripping one of the planks for
"sides" to the mast and gluing them up that way would work - This mast
doesn't bend - so I can't imagine that flex which is equal in all directions
is an issue. Knowing all I know now -I would have considered the aluminum
mast. Steve

> Any tips out there as to how to prevent the side staves slipping
> inwards when the clamps are applied? Perhaps glue it up in stages,
> i.e. narrow side stay to base one day, other side the next, top after
> that?
> Col Mooney

You can use 6d nails driven part way in to hold the position of the pieces,
then remove them after the glue has set. Alternately use drywall screws
that have been sprayed with WD-40 for the clamping.

Chuck