Paul Henneberry
Well-known member
I came up with this method of finishing the ends of the sides with the aim of getting a tight and level joint when the two halves are glued together. The body moulds that I made are hinged at one end and have toggle clamps at the other. I also made some nylon covered steel clamp cawls to snug all of the bends into the mould when the sides are fresh from the fox bender. When I’m ready to tidy up the ends prior to gluing on the end blocks I split the mould in half by removing the hinge and then use a block and clamp to hold the ends tight into the mould. I sand the rough sawn ends back to the cheeks on the mould with a long piece of MDF which has 180grit abrasive glued to the end of one face. By alternately sanding each end the tails get dressed back to be exactly clean and flush to the mould and ready for the end blocks.
When all four ends are sanded, I reassemble the halves of the mould and get ready to glue in the end blocks. I slide a small sheet of 0.002”stainless shim between the mould and the sides to exactly level the finished glue joint and to keep the glue off of the mould. I end up with a level and tight joint and there isn’t any risk of things slipping out of alignment during the glue up.
How do you guys do this?
Cheers
Paul
When all four ends are sanded, I reassemble the halves of the mould and get ready to glue in the end blocks. I slide a small sheet of 0.002”stainless shim between the mould and the sides to exactly level the finished glue joint and to keep the glue off of the mould. I end up with a level and tight joint and there isn’t any risk of things slipping out of alignment during the glue up.
How do you guys do this?
Cheers
Paul