Date: 1/30/2001, 9:42 am
Thanks, John. Nothing quite so complicated in doing the inlay - I assembled the inlay in-place. After cutting the slot and using a microplane to give it a uniform width (up until the narrow ends), I glued the 1/8" boundary strips to the sides of the slot. Then I measured the new opening width and cut a load of diamond-shaped strips at half that width. Then I just glued pairs in-place (the photo is after the first few sets). Usually, the diamonds need a little tweaking to go around the curves, so each one is custom fit. You have to be careful about one side getting ahead of the other, so sometimes I needed to file-down a new bead on one piece to get it to line up properly. It's a little tedious, but it appears to yield a good fit. Time will tell, however, once I start fairing. I may open up some ugly gaps. Luckily, I should be able to fill them with thickened epoxy to match the dark redwood, so I'm hoping they won't be too noticable.
Ross
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- Outer Island deck inlay *Pic*
Ross Leidy -- 1/29/2001, 9:40 am- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
pete czerpak -- 1/31/2001, 7:50 am- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
Chris Casazza -- 1/30/2001, 6:49 am- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
John Monfoe -- 1/30/2001, 4:35 am- Re: Outer Island deck inlay *Pic*
Ross Leidy -- 1/30/2001, 9:42 am- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
John Monfoe -- 1/31/2001, 5:08 am- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
Don Beale -- 1/30/2001, 1:07 pm- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
Ross Leidy -- 1/30/2001, 2:01 pm- Head expansion
Roger Nuffer -- 2/3/2001, 3:23 pm- Re: Detail work
Ben Staley -- 1/30/2001, 2:17 pm - Re: Detail work
- Head expansion
- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
- Nice touch Ross!
Gary B. -- 1/29/2001, 9:10 pm- Re: Thanks all
Ross Leidy -- 1/29/2001, 3:37 pm- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
Spidey -- 1/29/2001, 1:16 pm- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
Bob Deutsch -- 1/29/2001, 1:37 pm
- Very Cool! *NM*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/29/2001, 1:04 pm- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
Ed Walshe - Dublin -- 1/29/2001, 12:56 pm- Re: Outer Island deck inlay
Kent LeBoutillier -- 1/29/2001, 12:06 pm- Re: blue tape
Ross Leidy -- 1/29/2001, 3:27 pm
- Re: Firewood
Don Beale -- 1/29/2001, 11:20 am- Re: Water Moccasin
Ben Staley -- 1/29/2001, 10:55 am- Nice
David Hanson -- 1/29/2001, 11:31 am
- Re: Be careful, Ross....
Grant Goltz -- 1/29/2001, 10:17 am - Re: Outer Island deck inlay
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