11-25-2010, 12:51 AM
Hope someone finds this interesting...
Here is how I am piecing together the concrete balusters.... railings... hmmm.... what exactly would you call these things?
The core is .040 x .375 strip. First layer is as shown in the middle of the photo. Once that is on with some putty to fill in the cracks and sanded a bit, the second layer goes on - the pieces at the bottom of the photo. Both sides of the core get these layers. Then the top goes on, which is .030 x .100.
Lots and lots of these pieces to cut and glue together - not as much as S-two-fiddy's shingles on his boathouse, but will need about 90 inches of rail in all, with around 18 pices per inch.
Here is how I am piecing together the concrete balusters.... railings... hmmm.... what exactly would you call these things?
The core is .040 x .375 strip. First layer is as shown in the middle of the photo. Once that is on with some putty to fill in the cracks and sanded a bit, the second layer goes on - the pieces at the bottom of the photo. Both sides of the core get these layers. Then the top goes on, which is .030 x .100.
Lots and lots of these pieces to cut and glue together - not as much as S-two-fiddy's shingles on his boathouse, but will need about 90 inches of rail in all, with around 18 pices per inch.
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