PinStripes

Apr 15, 2023 Last reply: 3 years ago 4 Replies
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Well we cut up almost $500 worth of walnut yesterday and have another $1000. to go.



The thin rip jig worked perfectly and so far I have cut up about 150 linear feet of 1/8' x 3/16" white oak to fill the groves in the walnut.



We have 158 pieces of walnut, total, to add two pin stripes to.



Here are some of the first pinstripes and the walnut on the right side of the picture.



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And 2 of 6 mid stiles that will receive 4 pin stripes. The rest, 152 pieces will only get 2 pin stripes. All walnut and pinstripe were padded to cut long to allow us to make fewer installs of the oak pinstripes. Many will be cut into shorter pieces after all of the pinstripes are glued in place.



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Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

What kind of glue did you settle on? I was just thinking about how super glue has a tendency to get on my hands and be annoying, but wood glue doesn't do that.

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Regular wood glue, TB III. I remembered that I had a small roller and tray, Rubber/silicone material. The roller is about 1.5" wide and about 5/8" in diameter. So we stacked 4~6 thin strips side by side and tolled the glue on. That was quick and even.

Yesterday we drum sanded 33 pieces to take the majority of the thin strips down to almost the surface of the walnut. I'll use a ROS to take those strips down to the surface before any more cutting.

And we cut an additional 48 pieces of walnut yesterday. So we are 2/3 through the walnut that we bought. 4 more boards to cut into about 48 pieces. Eventually all of these pieces will be cut into 158 actual parts.

I will say that adding the pin strip has been non eventful and is going very well. But wow so many more steps are involved.

We are working long pieces down to short

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Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in news:OPmdnRkOHo82Z6b5nZ2dnZfqn snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Nice! Super glue would never stay "open" long enough to let you do that.

How tight of fit are you going for? I imagine since it's glued in place it doesn't have to be very tight.

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That was my fear.

Pretty close tolerance. We are gently tapping the strips in with a claw hammer. Close so that no gap appears.

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