I wanna make a power lam but have no power tools for doing a taper. I have a make shift disc sander and have done some really good work on that. Any other ideas.?
Sam has a power lam build on his site using a belt sander. I have also done some using that method.
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You could take some 40 grit sand paper, tape it to a table of something, and rub the end of your piece of wood against it until you get a taper. Or you could use a block plane, although that's difficult.
You ought to be able to use your disk sander, though.
QuoteOriginally posted by Sam Harper:
You could take some 40 grit sand paper, tape it to a table of something, and rub the end of your piece of wood against it until you get a taper. Or you could use a block plane, although that's difficult.
You ought to be able to use your disk sander, though.
That is a heck of an idea you gave me. :knothead:
I'll rough it out on the sander and do a finish taper on the board. I made up a board ages ago for doing lids on boxes that did not fit flush. I have a couple planes but I have to skew them to cut, never get a true flat surface.
Ok so I'm almost done, having a hard time getting the transition perfect sandwiching it between the lams. I'm getting about .008" small gap just where the taper starts its about 1/2" long but does not appear to go the full depth (during a dry fit)
I build glass bows and use a thin p.lam. it Sounds like you need to lengthen the taper.. A block sander may be the best tool now since you are at the dry run stage..