Know this problem well! Doing gutters here is a long, one day job for one person, but I spend 3-4 hrs recovering from just a little while on a ladder, so it's been dragging on near two weeks now. 
Never done any biscuits, I just line them up with a picture framer and blind screw and glue, then remove the screws and fill the holes with glue. For big, heavy cabs I add corner blocking.
GM
Never done any biscuits, I just line them up with a picture framer and blind screw and glue, then remove the screws and fill the holes with glue. For big, heavy cabs I add corner blocking.
GM
I've never heard of any biscuits coming loose. For me they're usually a fairly tight fit and they start to swell as soon as they get in the glue.
Yup, I spent the whole day yesterday flat out.
Biscuits work pretty good. No holes to fill. Some say they come loose and vibrate. Lottsa glue required.
Mark
Gee, terrible choices . . . speakers - race cars, speakers - race cars . . .
Seems like a win either way.
Seems like a win either way.
Finally making some progress. I had four friends wanting racing automatic transmissions built.
The window braces are cut. Time to glue them up.
MK
Some more done today. Just need to make the top and bottom. I'm going to finish these before I use them. I still haven't finished the last pair.
I'm not real good about wood finish procedures. I'd like to stain them darker. If anyone has ideas on finish/products/procedures, post up. I need all the help I can get.
Heres todays pic.
MK
I'm not real good about wood finish procedures. I'd like to stain them darker. If anyone has ideas on finish/products/procedures, post up. I need all the help I can get.
Heres todays pic.
MK
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Staining Birch can be an exercise in futility, but a quick search turned up some good info to get you started: Tips for Staining Birch Plywood | DoItYourself.com
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If you're going to paint them, htis is about the most durable, trouble choice.
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Yeah, Birch should only be either clear coated or stained with a lighter color than the wood for best results.
That said, 'white washing' it with oil based paint of the desired color thinned with Penetrol has worked for me. I prefer to apply with 4/0 steel wool to better work it into the wood, but most folks either apply with a rag or brush, then rag wipe. Of course, only move with the grain one way, never across or back n' forth.
As for latex paint, I've only 'washed' White Pine using water or Floetrol to 'bleach' it and it required so many coats to get right with either one that I'd be reluctant to try getting a dark color evened out.
Regardless, only one way to know for sure, so a little experimenting on scrap with whatever paint/thinner you have on hand might yield an exceptable combination.
GM
That said, 'white washing' it with oil based paint of the desired color thinned with Penetrol has worked for me. I prefer to apply with 4/0 steel wool to better work it into the wood, but most folks either apply with a rag or brush, then rag wipe. Of course, only move with the grain one way, never across or back n' forth.
As for latex paint, I've only 'washed' White Pine using water or Floetrol to 'bleach' it and it required so many coats to get right with either one that I'd be reluctant to try getting a dark color evened out.
Regardless, only one way to know for sure, so a little experimenting on scrap with whatever paint/thinner you have on hand might yield an exceptable combination.
GM
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