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Old 02-15-2003 | 04:06 AM
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ProfLooney
 
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Default Planking

Well I have to throw my 2 cents worth in here. I choose to forget the hassles mentioned above. They are nice and stuff but you dont need to go through the trouble of making bevels.

What I do is cut normal strips 1/4 to 3/8 wide depending how tight my radius is. then I use Probond Polyurethane glue and CA to glue my strips down. I will use medium CA or thick ca and put a drop on each stringer or former the strip will sit on and I run a bead of Probond on the edge that will butt up against the other plank and glue it in place. I lay a few planks alternating sides to not get stress on 1 side. after i lay several planks I will take and scrape any excess glue. when this all sets up the probond will expand and fill the gaps between the planks and when you scraped any glue that dropped down into any imperfections will also expand. then once you sand the fuse down (like you will still have to do if you bevel the planks) it will all smooth out and all gaps and perfections will be filled thus no need for going over the fuse filling any imperfections like you will have to do anyways. thus my version saves on CA and it saves a step of filling everything after sanding the fuse down as it does it all in one step and can go right into glassing.

Joe