Monday, July 30, 2007

Cut kerfed lining

This afternoon during my lunch break, I cut another piece of kerfed lining that is going to be glued to the inside of my rim set. I bolted a board onto the miter fence on the band saw. I then clamped a rail into the miter slot to stop the miter fence just before it made contact with the blade. Yesterday I cut the wood to be used for the lining. It is 3/8"x3/8"x24" with a 45 degree down the length of it. I marked it every 1/4" so I would know where to make the cut. I put the piece of wood against the miter fence and pushed the fence forward. It cut into the lining and stopped just before going through the other side. I slid the fence back and moved the lining down 1/4" and repeated the process until I had made a cut at each mark. Doing this makes the lining very flexible so that it can bend around the curves of the inside of the instrument. Here is a picture of the bandsaw setup I used.

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