Topic -
Simpson in strip
plank
toofer
USA
Posted - 25
Nov 2003 - 22 Jun 2004
| Mark's Simpson 10.2 build | ||||
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| Boat is building nicely. It was an absolute pain and waste of time gluing up long strips. What a dumb idea! Makes it much easier to stagger your joints if you have different loose lengths to choose from. The pneumatic roofing stapler is the best tool in the world for stripping. The wide 1" staples clamp joints and adjoining strips in line between frames and are easy to pull out. I'm convinced that Titebond II would be the perfect glue to use after messing with Excel ( polyurethane). Cheaper, easier to use, easier to clean up , and stronger. After all the epoxy / fiberglass is supposed to keep all moisture out of the wood and glue joints. If it doesn't what good is waterproof glue anyway? We had some scarf joint failures while handling the long strips. I suspect the end grain sucked up the glue. Makes me nervous. Thank goodness for glass! However, I edge glued big, heavy particle board frames with it and it never budged. After a screaming match with my brother and a staple through my finger I had to admit that he was right. It is preferable to put the glue on what will be the bottom edges. This way you can push down keeping your hands out of the glue. Also when you stop you have a dry edge on top ready to receive the next wet plank. We hit that spot where the "stealers" are supposed to come into play. I was sure I knew exactly how to handle this little detail. But I don't! Better look up some pictures again... | ||||
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