About time to move on to something else but first I have to finish the other two arches. I used the form and top arch to shape the bottom arch and just the top arch for the cap arch which is made out of jatoba. The other two are maple. I used Titebond III on the maple arches and barely had enough working time. I used Titebond Plastic Resin glue on the jatoba. It foamed up a lot and had plenty of open time, but it is expensive. Next time around I think I’ll try my hand at mixing up my own.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
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a1Jim
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posted 62 days ago
great start
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Mike
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posted 62 days ago
That is pretty nice. Thanks for sharing.
-- Mike, VT
captkerk
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posted 61 days ago
From these pics, the grain lines look pretty good on the laminations. Is the springback of the Jatoba going to cause problems?
newTim
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posted 61 days ago
Thanks all… captkerk, sharp eyes by you. No, I don’t think the spring back will be a problem because all three arches will be connected to each other so I will be able to clamp them together nice and tight. The Jatoba arch is only 1” thick and about 3” wide so it doesn’t have as much lateral resistance? as the other two. The others are 3 1/2” thick and 1 1/2” and 1” wide respectively.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com