dumbquestionsguy
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Just when you thought you were finally rid of me and my annoying-ness...
Apologies, but I have yet another question to pose to the forum. I am about to embark on canoe project number two, and in preparation, purchased some rough cut ash for inwales. When I say rough cut, I mean, I basically have a 17.5' long slice of a tree - it's a little less than 1.5" thick, and oh... 12-13" wide (bark on either side). It's a longitudinal slice of the trunk of an ash tree. I don't have a bandsaw, and the guys I got it from suggested taking a jigsaw and following an annular ring, so as to maintain the integrity of the wood (as their theory goes, cutting across grains would weaken it). I could mark out two rings approximately 1" or so apart, cut following those rings, and then use my thickness planer to smooth things out, so the suggestion goes. The annular rings are fairly straight, but I'm thinking this might produce a slightly less than straight inwale. Will clamping to the form, ribbing, and planking smooth this out? Or will the "lumpy"-ness of the inwale transfer to the rest of the boat? Am I better off trying to find someone to resaw this thing?
Sorry again for the hassle. You folks are great. You know this. You = smart. Me = dumb.
Happy monday.
Apologies, but I have yet another question to pose to the forum. I am about to embark on canoe project number two, and in preparation, purchased some rough cut ash for inwales. When I say rough cut, I mean, I basically have a 17.5' long slice of a tree - it's a little less than 1.5" thick, and oh... 12-13" wide (bark on either side). It's a longitudinal slice of the trunk of an ash tree. I don't have a bandsaw, and the guys I got it from suggested taking a jigsaw and following an annular ring, so as to maintain the integrity of the wood (as their theory goes, cutting across grains would weaken it). I could mark out two rings approximately 1" or so apart, cut following those rings, and then use my thickness planer to smooth things out, so the suggestion goes. The annular rings are fairly straight, but I'm thinking this might produce a slightly less than straight inwale. Will clamping to the form, ribbing, and planking smooth this out? Or will the "lumpy"-ness of the inwale transfer to the rest of the boat? Am I better off trying to find someone to resaw this thing?
Sorry again for the hassle. You folks are great. You know this. You = smart. Me = dumb.
Happy monday.