Good Day to the Creek
Well I finally got to use that arm form....
After making a bunch of 3/8" thick blanks
I got to see how it is to bend 3 pieces of oak.
Clamps lots of clamps. Who said we can have too many?
With limited open time for the glue it was a little bit of a
challenge. Get the glue spread, set everything on the form,
and get it all clamped down.
Thanks Walt for the heads up to use a couple of clamps to hold
the blanks together so they wouldn't slide apart.
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Waited a full 24 hours to make sure we had a good bond.
My result was not to different than others.
About 1/4" springback. I guess we have to live with that.
The arms will be my templates to mark the sides to get a nice fit.
In the picture it looks like the arm is a little wonko but it's just the pic.
I ran out to the shop just to make sure. Don't want to make any more
of these than I have to.
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One down 3 to go.....
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