Thursday, August 23, 2012

Laminating Floor boards

JohnB 's instructions suggest laminating the floors on the molds before planking so that hey mirror the inside of the planking when installed later.So using stiff battens screwed to the molds, the laminates are clamped to the battens and glued up in a plastic wrap to save on the epoxy mess....Batens for laminating floorsIt was an interesting stage...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Building my jig

While awaiting delivery of my hardwoods and plywood, I took delivery of some spruce, larch and pine so I was able to begin building my jig - or strongback as I think it is also known by.First my garage floor was very uneven and heavily sloped with a fall of around 5" over the 16' span.  Apparently, builders start by building the garage...
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