18-05-2008, 09:39 PM
i tried to see if locally sourced cheap pine might be used to get around the (good pieces of big timber arent cheap and easy to find) problem ... starting with pieces 2 by 2 plained pine
each piece was cut to roughly the right thickness with a small skil saw
this removes a lot of of wood but really only is easy with a non twisted blade
then all were glued
then out with the electric planer and sander ,flat blades like electric planers !
then wedges were put at each root to make a constant angle of 4 degrees and a paint job
with experior wood paint the grey bits were added to try to break up the lines a bit
putting in wedges was the pain in the ass bit if one is slightly off the whole blade
(probabely including the plywood hub disks ) is thrown off
each blade needs a wedge top and bottom
the blades are basically the same dimensions as the big gyreum machine but have no
twist in them so some performance will be lost (noise might be gained too). but they were very quick to
make up (and cheap) mainly because only the back side needed shaping hopefully theyle be
tested (or fall apart due to dubious weather proof glue) ) soon
each piece was cut to roughly the right thickness with a small skil saw
this removes a lot of of wood but really only is easy with a non twisted blade
then all were glued
then out with the electric planer and sander ,flat blades like electric planers !
then wedges were put at each root to make a constant angle of 4 degrees and a paint job
with experior wood paint the grey bits were added to try to break up the lines a bit
putting in wedges was the pain in the ass bit if one is slightly off the whole blade
(probabely including the plywood hub disks ) is thrown off
each blade needs a wedge top and bottom
the blades are basically the same dimensions as the big gyreum machine but have no
twist in them so some performance will be lost (noise might be gained too). but they were very quick to
make up (and cheap) mainly because only the back side needed shaping hopefully theyle be
tested (or fall apart due to dubious weather proof glue) ) soon