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08-15-2008, 10:40 AM
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#16 | | Asst. Webmaster
Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Travis Porter  This reads like a documentary. What's gotten into you?  Originally Posted by newtowood Great looking stair treads and awesome narrative with pics. Is this recent run of long narratives becoming your internet resume'? Just trying out different writing styles. At work, everything is a PowerPoint presentation, and I noticed I started to think & write everything in bullet-point style  . So this is a nice way to stop going insane (well, insaner at least)
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08-15-2008, 10:43 AM
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#17 | | Asst. Webmaster
Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by RandyJ How did you get ol' Darth to help out in the shop?  Originally Posted by WoodWrangler Is that Darth helping you? .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)") Darth is pretty useful in the shop. He keeps the dust off the well pump, and whenever I drop a large board, he does the Force thing and catches it before it hits the ground. He also does the Jedi mind trick on my wife when I need to buy new tools! 
Plus, by keeping him busy, I avoid being seduced by the Dark Side of wood turning 
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08-15-2008, 10:51 AM
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Name: Will Goodwin City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Mike Callihan Bas
Way to go, "where there is a will there is a way". Thanks for sharing.  Mike
I wasn't there....but good job Bas 
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08-15-2008, 11:19 AM
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Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bas, your time in NC is paying off. Now you can add "get 'er done" to cheap frugal. 
Travis, thanks for pointing out the change in style to narrative. I hadn't noticed and I like it. Just hope Bas didn't leave out any steps 
Roger
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08-15-2008, 11:26 AM
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Name: Robert City: Youngsville State: NC County: Franklin Join Date: Oct 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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It is fascinating to see how these things are done
Good job and excellent ( as always ) WIP presentation
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08-15-2008, 11:52 AM
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Name: David City: Pittsboro State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 51 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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although a power point presentation would have been pretty cool!! Nice job Bas, that shop of yours looks pretty well appointed....
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08-15-2008, 03:34 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bas - I'm glad those slabs worked out for you and you were able to finish them up all heart wood and at 1" thick with no glue joints  . You did them a lot of justice... 
If you subtract all the planing, jointing and edge gluing time you would have had to do for laminated treads - you may have came out a little ahead of the game
I know those things were heavy to move around - I drug them out of the shop and loaded them in the back of my pickup by myself - glad you had a helper it made it a lot easier, I'm sure.
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08-15-2008, 03:47 PM
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#23 | | Asst. Webmaster
Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by jeff... If you subtract all the planing, jointing and edge gluing time you would have had to do for laminated treads - you may have came out a little ahead of the game Using the planer sled was time consuming. It takes quite a bit of time to shim each board, apply the glue, and run it through 6-8 times (per side). If I had ripped them into 6" boards, I would have had one glue line, and been able to use the jointer.
But who cares how long it took! Having SOLID treads is pretty darn cool. Also taught me a lot about laying out stock, as opposed to just cuttin' away. And no glue to scrape. I know those things were heavy to move around - I drug them out of the shop and loaded them in the back of my pickup by myself - glad you had a helper it made it a lot easier, I'm sure. Easier, and definitely safer. Ripping and planing odd-shaped boards is tricky, and requires just a bit more attention.
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08-15-2008, 04:14 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Bas Using the planer sled was time consuming. It takes quite a bit of time to shim each board, apply the glue, and run it through 6-8 times (per side). If I had ripped them into 6" boards, I would have had one glue line, and been able to use the jointer.
But who cares how long it took! Having SOLID treads is pretty darn cool. Also taught me a lot about laying out stock, as opposed to just cuttin' away. And no glue to scrape.
Easier, and definitely safer. Ripping and planing odd-shaped boards is tricky, and requires just a bit more attention. Right I see what your saying - but this is were Earl has got us all licked - he's perfected the " drag your board behind your pickup - up and down the street till flat" technique Earl has yet to give us technique details - but I "think" he starts off in gravel, then on to blacktop and finished it off on cement - I'm sure speed and length of drag per board width has something to do with it too .
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08-15-2008, 08:19 PM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Cool write up Bas! Nice job on the treads!
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08-15-2008, 10:27 PM
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Name: Bruce City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bas, do you have a stair tread gauge? It is jig used to measure the treads, so they fit on the first time. Measures both length and any end angle. Put where the tread is to go, adjust it to fit, then place on tread, mark and cut to size. If not, after I get back from IWF, maybe I can show you how to make one. | |
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08-15-2008, 10:46 PM
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Name: Rod City: Valle Crucis State: NC County: Watauga Join Date: Jun 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Man you did a great job with those Bas! | |
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08-15-2008, 11:57 PM
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Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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So Bas, how much did you get paid for that job . I guess you're just another one like the rest of us, doing it for the love of it, and to see if you can do it. Nice job .
Jimmy 
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08-16-2008, 09:14 PM
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Name: Mark City: Goldsboro State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great job and great write-up!! I am going through the same process of turning big ol' crooked boards (okay, so mine were only 8" wide) into square flat boards for a table. Still have to get everything the same thickness.
I used the same techniques as you, however my sled is more primitive, and for getting the straight edge, I was able to use a steel bed rail attached with carpet tape.
I do have one question: Did you also use the sled to get the twist out of the boards? (providing you had any). I used a hand plane to get the worst of it off the cupped side and then used the sled for the remainder.
When using your power jointer for narrower boards, do you remove the twist first, or do you have an extension table?
Go
PS, it has taken me most of a week to get to the same place you were the first day!! 
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