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slim_boy_fat
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I used a counter top offcut, to save the counter top - it's stood the test of time so far....
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Looks great. Never heard of Cascamite before so I looked it up and bought a tub (just in case).
So yeah, thanks for that...
Agroshield
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Could you say a word or two about how you got it from the clamp-up dimensions to the finished dimensions. In the clamps it looks almost twice as thick as in the other picture but that might be an illusion. Thanks.
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What's that rubbish tool company that makes junk, ronsons or somthing?
Surprisingly that's what they are!
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Used a multi-thousand pound CNC mill.
But...
In truth, I got it very close with a hand held belt sander. As in once on the mill, I took 1.25mm off one face, and 0.75 off the other. So it was pretty much flat anyway.
In that the thickness did not change much between glue up and finish.
The hardest part of the whole excercise was actually working out how thick I could get it from the availible timber to meet the footprint specified.
This was complicated by the fact that I knew the offcut had bow in it, so I needed to assume how much would need to be planed off the strips before glue up. Then from that I got the thickness of the strips, so how many strips needed, so then how wide each could be to maximise final thickness.
I mean it's not that involved but it hurt my brain for a while.
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Ive a feeling mine are the same...
I think, but I've not looked for ages, that the thin spindley ones on the top are record. Generally a much more regarded company.
I'll check for sure when I next go out.
Just had a look on ebay....discovered they are called T Bar Sash Clamps........lots on there...Record, Silverline etc etc......
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Ive liked the look of those bessy pipe clamp things for 3/4 pipe. Amazon had them on special once and I didn't buy, and the next time I looked they were a million pounds again.
But, realistically I make do with what I have the majority of the time anyway.
But, realistically I make do with what I have the majority of the time anyway.
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I always save the cutouts from solid worktop Installs.
Got 4 or 5 bits in the shed for chopping boards
40mm so just cut to dive and rout the edges.
Got 4 or 5 bits in the shed for chopping boards
40mm so just cut to dive and rout the edges.
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IKR but the absence of any gaps is pretty impressive.
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old school cascamite waterproof wood glue nice job
nice job
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Not seen that stuff in years, spent many hours one winter making a water ski using that stuff and lots of bits of wood laminated on a mould. 84 maybeold school cascamite waterproof wood glue
