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22 August 2023 at 11:16 pm #811217
I guess I could buy just this screw, but can someone inform me what is the diameter (is it M4, M5?) and total length?
Thank you, kind regards.
7 August 2023 at 10:18 pm #809753Hello everyone,
Thanks for the tips.
Now I have another problem… I dimensioned the boards as you indicated, and it actually went very well.
I reduced them to the desired thickness (25mm), and then glued them two by two, long grain to long grain, because the furniture I am making has to be 40cm deep.
After gluing them, I just planed some parts, and everything was fine. I finished that yesterday.
This morning I went and they are cupped again!
The garage where I work is not thermally insulated, and I often work with the door open.
At the moment we are experiencing a big heat wave, with temperatures of 40 degrees.
The humidity is around 40% at most.
When I started working on these boards (a couple of weeks ago), the temperature was normal (below 30 degrees), and with a little more humidity.
At night I leave the boards resting up high, slightly tilted against the wall, so that the 4 faces get air circulation.
The floor of the garage is concrete.
Is it because of this heat wave that the boards are cupped?
I confess it’s demoralizing, especially as I have no joiner or thickness planner, and everything has been dimensioned in a workmanlike way. with hand tools (scrib plane, smoothing plane, etc.I only have a bandsaw.Will they return to their normal state when the heatwave passes?
I just feel like leaving this project and telling the client that I can’t do it, under these working conditions 🙁Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.13 July 2023 at 7:07 am #807270Yes, I’ve realized that. But, what’s the best way to minimize this? I’m preparing board of 5 feet board and this is happening, but I see furniture made of beech (tables, beds, etc.)
28 December 2022 at 5:36 pm #784981This is something I would also like to know, I am also in the same situation.
31 October 2022 at 10:03 pm #778662Thanks for the input, Ed.
I managed to get around the issue and changed my design to be able to groove about 40mm from the edge.
I used the plough plane with the rod bars right at the limit, with the fence at its maximum range.
However, I still don’t understand why the rod bars are short compared to a stanley or record.
It’s a shame, in a product of extreme quality.
I’m still thinking of selling mine, because of this situation.11 July 2022 at 11:19 pm #766769Thank you all for the inputs.
On one piece I removed the resin with a knife with a dull blade.
On other piece, I left it standing vertical for 2-3 days, so that the resin could flow out naturally.11 July 2022 at 2:53 pm #766721That makes sense.
In my case, the 2×2 (or 2×3) are about 8 feet length… they will be used to build a kind of vertical ladder, so they will be held parallel, having several holes drilled in a row, with several bars connecting them.
Hence my initial question.11 July 2022 at 12:39 am #766669In the recent Dining Table project, episode 2, Paul uses the string method to check a long board for straightness.
He also demonstrates how to use it in the youtube vídeo that @LiquidWood mentioned in the post up above.
Imagine that it was a board with all 4 faces with the same width, say, 2″x2″.
Is it necessary to check all the faces of the beam for straightness, using the string method?
Or just the first face, and then square the other 3?10 July 2022 at 3:20 pm #766610Thanks for the input, Ed.
That makes a lot of sense.One thing I don’t quite understand very well is if I have to use string method to check all 4 faces of the beam, or if it’s necessary to check only the 1st face.
9 July 2022 at 11:28 pm #766538I was checking the Dining Table project, episodes #2 and #3.
He used the string method only for some beams, but not for the faces of the boards.
Why didn’t Paul use the string method to check the straightness of board faces?
How does he know that the board faces are completely straight, since the winding sticks are only for checking the twist?9 July 2022 at 11:27 pm #766537[postquote quote=766505]
Wow!
Thank you for your inputs, extremely valuable! -
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