[Alberg30] Woodwork

[T. Kevin Blanc]

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I made new spreaders out of very good quality white
oak heart wood. I bandsawed the old ones they were
Douglass fir and actually in fine shape 1/32 of an
inch below the surface) in half the long way to use as
a template.

It was a very easy job.

I think they make most tillers glue ups out of teak
and holly, don't they? 

 
--- Robert Kirk <kirk at neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:
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> >   Does anyone have any experience bleaching out
> the dark spots water causes
> >when it gets under varnish? I have read some
> references about bleaching; 1.
> >do you bleach just the spots, or is there a product
> for treating the whole
> >piece? 2. Is the result of even color, or ,
> basically, the dalmation effect
> >I now have? 3. Do you think the process weakens the
> wood? It's my (mahogony,
> >I think) tiller I want to tackle.
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >Michael
> >Checkmate #220
> 
> You can bleach wood with oxalic acid pretty well,
> but to make the color 
> even, you need to do the whole thing. Bleaching
> usually does a good job. If 
> you don't want to refinish the whole thing you can
> sand the dark spots out 
> and touch up. A little stain to match the rest of
> the tiller might work, 
> but I'd do the whole tiller myself; it isn't that
> big a job.
> 
> My tiller is delaminating, too. I'll either reglue &
> refinish it this 
> winter or build a new one, which might be a nice
> project.
> 
> Mine is a nice double curved tiller which might be
> ash (?) on the outside 
> with a mahogany (?) core.  Does anyone know is there
> is an Alberg 
> "standard" tiller shape, or can I be fancy free in
> designing a new 
> one?  I'd probably make a new one shorter since I
> don't need all that 
> mechanical advantage, and bent up higher so the
> autotiller is more 
> level.   I've noticed a few replacement tillers for
> sale at Fawcetts which 
> might fit, but  I can make a better one myself.  Any
> ideas as to what a 
> good laminate be made from?  Ash, oak, mahogany,
> etc?
> 
> Also,  has anyone built a new set of spreaders?
> Might be another 
> woodworking project fore the Winter. I guess it
> would be pretty 
> straightforward. I'll drop my mast this season and
> see how good/bad the 
> spreaders are. May not even need anything. Every
> coupe of years I spread 
> some glop across the spreader tops and no problems
> yet (knock wood).
> 
> Bob Kirk
> Isobar #181
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