Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: walter evans
Some one wrote: "why staple, when you will just remove them" Thestaples also hold the rib together. allowing you to immediately removeit from the jig, flip it over and gusset the other side. Doing one riba day with weights would have burned me out in no time. Staples allowedme to do a rib in 1 hr. 40 min. Once did 4 ribs in one day. Leon S.Also, I never had a single stick split with staples. Also the bestsingle tool I found for the Piet project was the benchtop disc/beltsander. Cut your wood close with a saw and sand to exact fit in seconds.Upsetting wood grain by sanding, as Terry B. put it is noproblem,because you get no strength in end grain any way. You "paint"end grain with glue to seal it.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: del magsam
question. if you're cap strip stock is precise (within .005) and you have all of the center sticks precutto within +/- .005 and at the proper angle. why can'tyou put the pieces in the jig,glue the gussets andplace them on the rib in, say, 10 minutes? charlie r.cant be taking 2 hrs per rib and then charging $300per set of 31. he would be making 2 to 3 dollars perhour. charlie uses three jigs. he glues up 3 withgussets on one side, comes back later and takes themout. puts more sticks in, and then puts gussets on the3 he took out and three he put in.--- Leon Stefan wrote:> Some one wrote: "why staple, when you will just> remove them" The> staples also hold the rib together. allowing you to> immediately remove> it from the jig, flip it over and gusset the other> side. Doing one rib> a day with weights would have burned me out in no> time. Staples allowed> me to do a rib in 1 hr. 40 min. Once did 4 ribs in> one day. Leon S.> Also, I never had a single stick split with staples.> Also the best> single tool I found for the Piet project was the> benchtop disc/belt> sander. Cut your wood close with a saw and sand to> exact fit in seconds.> Upsetting wood grain by sanding, as Terry B. put it> is no> problem,because you get no strength in end grain any> way. You "paint"> end grain with glue to seal it.> > ________________________________________________________________________________