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Re: Strip: making Wood strips
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 7/13/2014, 1:57 pm
In Response To: Strip: making Wood strips (Darren Edwards)

My question is I have a large number of 4 x 4 Western Red cedar posts around 7 feet in length, some 6 ish. I probably have around 20 of them in total. In order to save money, and put them to some kind of use I was thinking of ripping them down into strips and using them.

Turning big sticks into little ones is my idea of fun.
Do you have a thickness planer?
The reason I ask: The 'flat side' of your planks will end up as the edge-gluing surface of your strips, so the smoother the plank surface, the easier it will be to get a thin glue line when you are stripping the boat.
Also, unless your strips are the same width (i.e. planks the same thickness), it will can be quite frustrating if you choose to join (butt or scarf) them on the boat. So you may need to pass the strips through the tablesaw to get the width uniform.
If you are using different thickness planks, keep the strips from each plank in a 'group' (tape into bundles) so you can use them together. Grouping strips helps with color matching, if you are clear finishing.

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Strip: making Wood strips
Darren Edwards -- 7/13/2014, 8:52 am
Re: Strip: making Wood strips
ancient kayaker -- 7/13/2014, 10:05 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 7/13/2014, 10:58 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/13/2014, 10:36 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/13/2014, 11:24 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/13/2014, 1:57 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/13/2014, 2:29 pm
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Don T. -- 7/13/2014, 9:31 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/14/2014, 12:50 pm
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Jay Babina -- 7/14/2014, 7:55 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/14/2014, 11:48 am
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Jay Babina -- 7/15/2014, 6:45 am
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Darren edwards -- 7/14/2014, 10:44 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/14/2014, 7:21 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/14/2014, 11:35 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/14/2014, 11:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/15/2014, 12:32 am
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Mike Bielski -- 7/15/2014, 12:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/15/2014, 3:46 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/15/2014, 5:57 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/15/2014, 12:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/16/2014, 2:12 am
Re: Strip: making Wood strips
ancient kayaker -- 7/15/2014, 7:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/16/2014, 2:14 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/16/2014, 7:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2014, 1:01 am
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Darren.edwards -- 7/21/2014, 8:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/21/2014, 9:50 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/21/2014, 9:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2014, 12:22 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/22/2014, 10:17 am