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Re: merganser
By:Ted Henry
Date: 3/14/2002, 5:21 pm
In Response To: Re: merganser (LeeG)

: Ted, I'm making a Merganser that goes together with puzzle piece joints, is
: that the same as a spline joint?

No, it's a joint put together with a thin internal spline (not visible) of specialty plywood. The panels are slotted at the butt joint and glued together with the spline overlapping the joint internally in order to make one long panel out of 8 foot pieces. The long panels are then stitched together in the normal way.

Ted

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Pygmy butt joints
Matthew -- 3/13/2002, 8:57 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy butt joints
Ootek -- 3/15/2002, 11:49 am
Butt blocks work well
Mike Mulligan -- 3/14/2002, 8:33 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy butt joints
gene -- 3/14/2002, 11:38 am
Re: S&G: Pygmy butt joints
Shawn Baker -- 3/14/2002, 11:21 am
What I really like the best is ...
Ted Henry -- 3/14/2002, 2:23 pm
Re: merganser
LeeG -- 3/14/2002, 3:56 pm
Re: merganser
Ted Henry -- 3/14/2002, 5:21 pm
Re: What I really like the best is ...
Matthew -- 3/14/2002, 3:32 pm
Re: What I really like the best is ...
KenB -- 3/14/2002, 5:04 pm
or what abt ted henry's structural lap?
mike allen ---> -- 3/14/2002, 2:34 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy butt joints
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/13/2002, 11:32 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy butt joints
Rehd -- 3/13/2002, 9:43 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy butt joints
LeeG -- 3/13/2002, 9:26 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy butt joints
Terry Hanson -- 3/14/2002, 10:29 am