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Re: Strip: when to you splice strips?
By:Glen Gray
Date: 7/30/2008, 6:09 am
In Response To: Strip: when to you splice strips? (MacMcCaskie)

: A question for you all. When do you splice your strips?

: After I spliced some milled strips to length I realized I will need to scrape
: the glob of glue from the bead and cove before I start assembling them on
: the forms.

: When do you do it, before milling, after milling or on the forms? And if you
: do it on the forms, do you clamp the splice or just staple?

: Thanks all,

: Mac McCaskie in Kansas City

The only strips I spliced were the sheer strips before I milled them, all others were butt joined (stapled or clamped)in the middle of one of the forms, just make sure you stagger the joins so they're not all in the one place.
Glen G.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: when to you splice strips?
MacMcCaskie -- 7/29/2008, 7:22 am
Re: Strip: when to you splice strips?
Glen Gray -- 7/30/2008, 6:09 am
Re: Strip: when to you splice strips?
MacMcCaskie -- 7/30/2008, 7:16 am
Re: Strip: when to you splice strips?
Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2008, 1:37 am
Re: Strip: when to you splice strips?
Steve Rasmussen -- 7/29/2008, 11:18 am