This afternoon I unclamped the laminated deck planks that I glued up yesterday and did my best to mill it down. Started by lightly planing each side. That went fine.
But then I tried to resaw it on the bandsaw and that was a disaster. The blade wandered almost right to the edge before I stopped it. Ugh.
So I took some measurements and decided that I had enough meat in the plank so that I could resaw it on the tablesaw and still have enough on the two side to plane. It went fine and then I was able to plane the two halves to be pretty smooth. However you can see where the bandsaw came too close to the edge. In my design ideas for the deck I may be able to hide it or cut it out altogether. We'll see.
In the picture above you can see the walnut "caulking". I think that it looks pretty good! When the epoxy hits it it will darken more and really stand out.
The wood "planks" look... Ok, I guess. It's hard to tell while you're making it even though I was very careful about which planks I selected. When you open up the insides it can reveal a lot of knots and swirls that you don't otherwise see. So... I think I'll keep it.
Also, it was too wide to make as one plank, so I'm now going to have to add a separate King plank in the middle. You can see it in the picture above. It's the wider one and is made of cedar instead of fir. Hopefully it will darken up a lot if I let the sun hit it so that it will stand out in the middle more. I'd hate to paint it instead.
My next step is to actually glue that cedar strip in place. Right now it's just sitting there. It's not a perfect match-up and I'll have to do some more sanding to make it fit, but it should be close enough that the future epoxy will fill the seam and it should look fine.
Overall I'm satisfied with it for now. Perhaps when I ever actually make the hull and install the deck I may make another one, but for now I'll keep it.
Peace!
But then I tried to resaw it on the bandsaw and that was a disaster. The blade wandered almost right to the edge before I stopped it. Ugh.
So I took some measurements and decided that I had enough meat in the plank so that I could resaw it on the tablesaw and still have enough on the two side to plane. It went fine and then I was able to plane the two halves to be pretty smooth. However you can see where the bandsaw came too close to the edge. In my design ideas for the deck I may be able to hide it or cut it out altogether. We'll see.
In the picture above you can see the walnut "caulking". I think that it looks pretty good! When the epoxy hits it it will darken more and really stand out.
The wood "planks" look... Ok, I guess. It's hard to tell while you're making it even though I was very careful about which planks I selected. When you open up the insides it can reveal a lot of knots and swirls that you don't otherwise see. So... I think I'll keep it.
Also, it was too wide to make as one plank, so I'm now going to have to add a separate King plank in the middle. You can see it in the picture above. It's the wider one and is made of cedar instead of fir. Hopefully it will darken up a lot if I let the sun hit it so that it will stand out in the middle more. I'd hate to paint it instead.
My next step is to actually glue that cedar strip in place. Right now it's just sitting there. It's not a perfect match-up and I'll have to do some more sanding to make it fit, but it should be close enough that the future epoxy will fill the seam and it should look fine.
Overall I'm satisfied with it for now. Perhaps when I ever actually make the hull and install the deck I may make another one, but for now I'll keep it.
Peace!
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