I really like the tape idea!

When I made mine, I twisted the entire blank to put the feather in the shaft between the blades, and then clamped the entire shaft with c-clamps.

I assume you're glassing this when completed?

I didn't glass mine, so used either Gorilla glue or epoxy. It was like stacking linguine!...so I really appreciate the thought behind your tape-first method.

shawn

: This pic shows the strips assembled for glueing. To help in
: glueing, I assembled the strips in proper order and separated
: them by approx 1/8" and taped the backs using 2" wide
: masking tape. I taped the backs in 4 places along the length of
: the strips. Once the strips were taped together, I flipped over
: and secured to my workbench with more masking tape (blue in the
: pic) and allowed the first strip to hang over the edge of the
: bench. This makes it easy to lay a bead of glue in the 45 degree
: "V".

: After each bead of glue (Titebond III), I adjusted the position on
: the bench so that the next strip would hang over the edge
: exposing the "V". Do this eight times and you are
: ready to get messy. After laying all the beads of glue, I ran
: beads of glue for the plugs and laid them on the strips.

: Now for the fun part. Roll up the strips making sure all the strips
: align properly.. No pics of this bumbling process....

: Bob Beaullieu

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