Re: Good Wood
My 2 cents: I've used 3/4-inch lumberyard spruce stock glued up for
up to 3 1/2 inch thick masts and booms with no problems. Jamie's
right, knots are less of a problem (although I still pick through and
get boards with as few and as small knots as possible). One additonal
thought, since like me you live in the hot climes, I would avoid
laminating with Weldwood Plastic Resin glue. Maybe I'm using it
wrong,
but I've had two different varnished masts delaminate with that. No
problems with epoxy or Titebond II.
Gary Blankenship
Tallahassee, FL
up to 3 1/2 inch thick masts and booms with no problems. Jamie's
right, knots are less of a problem (although I still pick through and
get boards with as few and as small knots as possible). One additonal
thought, since like me you live in the hot climes, I would avoid
laminating with Weldwood Plastic Resin glue. Maybe I'm using it
wrong,
but I've had two different varnished masts delaminate with that. No
problems with epoxy or Titebond II.
Gary Blankenship
Tallahassee, FL
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, chris@b... wrote:
> Hello Group,
>
> I'm still in the early stages of my restoration project sanding,
> patching, and acquiring supplies.
> I live in the burbs of Dallas Texas, and can't seem to get my
> hands
> on "good wood".
> Payson calls for the use of Spruce or Fur as Tiny Cat's
> 15'4" mast.
> My Pop originally used pine and it eventually failed (more like
> snapped).
> What I'm looking for is 4x4x16 clear tight grained stock.
> I have called about and found no spruce, and limited fur.
> The fur they had in 4x4 was of very poor quality.
> The best candidate is a 6x6x17 fur, seems like an excessive waste
of
> good wood?
>
> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Chris
Lacking a source of large diminsion "Good Wood" consider building a
hollow "birdsmouth" mast. If you have use of a tablesaw and some long
mostly clear small dimension stock they go together rather easily,
are
much lighter, and can even be tapered. Here's a link to one guys work;
http://www.vcnet.com/~fhagan/bm.htm
Rick
hollow "birdsmouth" mast. If you have use of a tablesaw and some long
mostly clear small dimension stock they go together rather easily,
are
much lighter, and can even be tapered. Here's a link to one guys work;
http://www.vcnet.com/~fhagan/bm.htm
Rick
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, chris@b... wrote:
> can't seem to get my
> hands
> on "good wood".
> Payson calls for the use of Spruce or Fur as Tiny Cat's
> 15'4" mast.
> What I'm looking for is 4x4x16 clear tight grained stock.
>
> -Chris
I went through quite an extensive search for wood to build the two
masts for the Folding Schooner. They both require 16 ft blanks. I
looked at a lot of 4x4 and as warned by members of the group found
nothing suitable. I did talk to a local saw mill that saws boat
lumber
and he had a spruce 4x4 by as did most of the folks in the group
urged
me to laminate two 2x4s together. I didn't get the spruce and instead
just picked through the green DFir 2x4 pile at the local lumberyard.
I
laminated with epoxy and the result was quite acceptable though DFir
is somewhat hard to plane due to inconsistency in the grain pattern
but it worked fine. My advice is laminate. Find some Spruce if you
can
but you can use ordinary lumberyard material and do fine if you spend
some time picking through the stack. If you check back on the posts
re
Fldg Schnr Masts? you will find some good advice for the glue up
process.
Good
masts for the Folding Schooner. They both require 16 ft blanks. I
looked at a lot of 4x4 and as warned by members of the group found
nothing suitable. I did talk to a local saw mill that saws boat
lumber
and he had a spruce 4x4 by as did most of the folks in the group
urged
me to laminate two 2x4s together. I didn't get the spruce and instead
just picked through the green DFir 2x4 pile at the local lumberyard.
I
laminated with epoxy and the result was quite acceptable though DFir
is somewhat hard to plane due to inconsistency in the grain pattern
but it worked fine. My advice is laminate. Find some Spruce if you
can
but you can use ordinary lumberyard material and do fine if you spend
some time picking through the stack. If you check back on the posts
re
Fldg Schnr Masts? you will find some good advice for the glue up
process.
Good
Hello Group,
I'm still in the early stages of my restoration project sanding,
patching, and acquiring supplies.
I live in the burbs of Dallas Texas, and can't seem to get my
hands
on "good wood".
Payson calls for the use of Spruce or Fur as Tiny Cat's
15'4" mast.
My Pop originally used pine and it eventually failed (more like
snapped).
What I'm looking for is 4x4x16 clear tight grained stock.
I have called about and found no spruce, and limited fur.
The fur they had in 4x4 was of very poor quality.
The best candidate is a 6x6x17 fur, seems like an excessive waste of
good wood?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
-Chris
I'm still in the early stages of my restoration project sanding,
patching, and acquiring supplies.
I live in the burbs of Dallas Texas, and can't seem to get my
hands
on "good wood".
Payson calls for the use of Spruce or Fur as Tiny Cat's
15'4" mast.
My Pop originally used pine and it eventually failed (more like
snapped).
What I'm looking for is 4x4x16 clear tight grained stock.
I have called about and found no spruce, and limited fur.
The fur they had in 4x4 was of very poor quality.
The best candidate is a 6x6x17 fur, seems like an excessive waste of
good wood?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
-Chris