Did the first dry run for my first glue up today. Had a few things that need tweaking before things will move forward, mostly needing to do some refining of the ends of the fades on the riser to get things mating properly. This is the deflex glue up where I take the belly lams and core and pull them back into deflex before pulling that assembly forward into reflex when the backing is glued on.
First, an overall shot showing all the posts in place with the riser, core lam and belly lams clamped in place:
A closer view of the riser area and the fades. Thanks to Mark for the suggestion to extend the ramp that the belly lams are bent against, that worked great:
I ended up with gaps on the ends of the fades on both sides. On the right I need to fine tune the riser curve a bit since it looks like there is a dip the belly lam is not dropping into. On the left the end of the riser is simply not thin enough yet to let the lams close together properly:
I ended up removing the posts closest to the riser, which gave more room to clamp the lams together and let the pieces bend a bit more naturally:
I will rework the ends of the riser and see if that has solved the gaps problem and then can move forward with a real glue up.
Mark
Topic: 2021 what did you do today? (Read 149498 times)
