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Re: Strip: Could use some help setting up forms
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/8/2010, 2:35 am

: That looks great Charles. Wanna come and build mine:)?...... I am
: trying not to sweat the small stuff, but at the same time, if I
: get a form placement wrong, or varying strip thickness, etc that
: would be a big probelm and I'd sure like to avoid the big stuff.
: Thanks for the advice though; I'm going remember that "just
: cover the forms with wood" whenever I start overanalyzing
: anything.

Btw, one of the best tips I've seen for stripping I don't know where I saw it. Make a pile of U shaped "clamps", pieces of thin plywood about 3" square with a 1" wide by 2" deep cutout in the middle to form a U shape. These slide over the strip and lie against a form then a spring clamp will easily hold the strip in place and tight against the previous strip and keep the strip aligned too. I've got like 75 or 80 of these, took a couple hours sitting in front of the bandsaw (would have been easier now with the scroll saw).

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Could use some help setting up forms
tosetter -- 10/5/2010, 11:14 am
Re: Strip: Could use some help setting up forms
Les Cheeseman -- 10/10/2010, 12:04 pm
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Allan -- 10/5/2010, 5:36 pm
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tosetter -- 10/7/2010, 10:39 am
Re: Strip: Could use some help setting up forms *PIC*
Charles Leach -- 10/7/2010, 12:15 pm
Re: Strip: Could use some help setting up forms
tosetter -- 10/7/2010, 3:52 pm
Re: Strip: Could use some help setting up forms
Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2010, 2:35 am
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J Law -- 10/8/2010, 5:22 am
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John Eberly -- 10/11/2010, 4:28 pm
Re: Strip: Could use some help setting up forms
Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2010, 12:40 am
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J Law -- 10/9/2010, 6:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2010, 2:15 am
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Charles Leach -- 10/7/2010, 4:55 pm
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Bob Beaullieu -- 10/5/2010, 12:26 pm