Steampunk Lugsail Land Windsurfer

Step 7 Laminating

I dug through my woodpile til I found enough fir 2x4 and 2x2 sticks that were good enough.
Then I ripped them into 1/8" thick strips on the tablesaw using the thinnest blade I had.
Some of the source lumber had knots partway through or other problems. I only got a few laminations out of some sticks.

more steps:
Mix up some epoxy and thicken it with an equal quantity of white flour.
Lay out the laminations and paint the glue on one side of each one with a paintbrush.
Stack up the laminations and lash them against a piece of a windsurfer boom I liked.
Use bicycle innertubes to press the laminations together and hold them to the right shape against the form.
Shift the laminations to approximate the taper I want at both ends. That makes the wood overhang the end of the tube. Shove a pick head into the end to lash the innertube around.
Set the layups in the sun to cure. When it's tacky put it in a car in the sun with the windows closed to get hot and fully cure.
When the glue was good and hard take the bandages off and shave the boom smooth.

Comments

[Grey_Wolfe]

And the baseball bat is guarding the boom? lol