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Billet Splices
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on January 20, 2024, 10:45:32 am ---If you have a poorly fitting splice, heat up both ends with a heat gun, put them together without glue and clamp them with a 3 C clamps, the splices will conform to each other and be a much better fit when they cool off.
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Great idea! I’m gonna do this for my next one.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: superdav95 on January 20, 2024, 03:56:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on January 20, 2024, 10:45:32 am ---If you have a poorly fitting splice, heat up both ends with a heat gun, put them together without glue and clamp them with a 3 C clamps, the splices will conform to each other and be a much better fit when they cool off.
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Great idea! I’m gonna do this for my next one.
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Boiled and clamped splices are another option.
Walski:
Here's how I Z-splice my billets. I just did about 80 splices using this jig, it took 4-5 days to complete. I had to touch up some of the cuts with a file, then glued together by press fitting, without a pin or boiling using EA 40.
superdav95:
Wow that’s a lot of yew staves you got there. I like that jig. That saves a lot of time. If I were to do that many z splices I think I’d make a jig too! Nice work. Question. Is this jig working with different widths of billets? Be nice to see it in action
Jim Davis:
JMO, but the angles of those splices look pretty wide to me. Seems most of the glue lines will be removed in shaping the handle...
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