03-20-2007, 12:54 PM
Oops - sorry guys. Afeter positioning the glued blanks into the female part of the press I fixed one long side of the male part of the press in position with four plywood plates (4mm off cuts) screwed to the 1" x 4" side rails. On the other side of the press I used clamps to compress the ply into the final position. As I got to the final stages of compression I applied a couple of cramps to the side rails that I had previously fixed with ply straps, just to be sure it did not pop out under pressure!
Once it was all cramped I used thin folding wedges here and there at the rib positions to take up any minor slack and ensure that there were no gaps between the layers of plywood. I also used a few smaller cramps along the long edges of the plywood just to make sure there were no problems there.
Unfortunately I forgot to take photographs of this stage :oops:
Once it was all cramped I used thin folding wedges here and there at the rib positions to take up any minor slack and ensure that there were no gaps between the layers of plywood. I also used a few smaller cramps along the long edges of the plywood just to make sure there were no problems there.
Unfortunately I forgot to take photographs of this stage :oops:
Sulla Felix
AKA Barry Coomber
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AKA Barry Coomber
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