Basic woodworking question
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:24 pm
Hello,
I’ve got a couple basic questions about how to cut and glue the best way possible for this project. I’ve done some simple woodworking—just knocking stuff together around the garage, simple work tables, projects around the yard, nothing that needs to fly. Cut to fit, add glue, screw/nail it.
For airplane parts, if you cut a piece perfect and it fits together with everything else, just glue it. But if it needs tweaking, can you sand it to fit? I’ve heard that can make the joint weak. Should you not sand at all and just get new material and do better next cut? Or if you have to sand a joint to fit are there steps to take to clean it before you glue it?
When you use the plywood for gussets, I’ve heard you should sand the sheen off. Is that literally all the more it needs, just a little bit to dull the surface? Doesn’t that fill the plywood with dust? Do you clean out the grooves before you glue it?
When you make a joint like a rib intersection, and some of the pieces are maybe a tiny little bit different thickness than the others, do you sand the area where the gusset goes so it will lay down flat? Like above, if you do, do you clean it afterward, before you glue the gusset?
Last thing...I’ll probably go old school and use nails like back in the day. Is it hard to nail the gussets without them sliding around on you?
Maybe this stuff should be a no-brainer, still have the questions though. Thanks, Will
I’ve got a couple basic questions about how to cut and glue the best way possible for this project. I’ve done some simple woodworking—just knocking stuff together around the garage, simple work tables, projects around the yard, nothing that needs to fly. Cut to fit, add glue, screw/nail it.
For airplane parts, if you cut a piece perfect and it fits together with everything else, just glue it. But if it needs tweaking, can you sand it to fit? I’ve heard that can make the joint weak. Should you not sand at all and just get new material and do better next cut? Or if you have to sand a joint to fit are there steps to take to clean it before you glue it?
When you use the plywood for gussets, I’ve heard you should sand the sheen off. Is that literally all the more it needs, just a little bit to dull the surface? Doesn’t that fill the plywood with dust? Do you clean out the grooves before you glue it?
When you make a joint like a rib intersection, and some of the pieces are maybe a tiny little bit different thickness than the others, do you sand the area where the gusset goes so it will lay down flat? Like above, if you do, do you clean it afterward, before you glue the gusset?
Last thing...I’ll probably go old school and use nails like back in the day. Is it hard to nail the gussets without them sliding around on you?
Maybe this stuff should be a no-brainer, still have the questions though. Thanks, Will