Altar Project: Applying Beads
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After the delays of looking at flowers and trying to stop radon from entering my life, I decided to get back to my altar project.
When I left this thread last, the beading had been clamped to the scraps cut out to form the double ogee arches above to assimilate the rough shape so that it would be easier to fasten in place. After a few days of hanging out around my forms, my beading that will be used to cover up the plywood edges and provide some detail interest had warped enough to allow me to fasten it on easier though it would still require a lot of clamping to hold it until the glue dried. So I spent a day applying the beading, waiting for the glue to cure and then continuing with another vertical strip. The bottom beading will be applied maybe tomorrow and then the real fun of lots of sanding can begin in earnest.
The exotic clamping looks like stained glass! Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteI had to get some special clamps to make this happen. These are reversible so that they could act as spreaders too instead of only clamping.
DeleteI was interested in those clamps too. I've never seen any like them. It's looking good!
ReplyDeleteAlmost all squeeze clamps are like that these days. However, all my old ones don’t allow that and those were probably similar to those your husband likely had.
DeleteWow. You are amazing.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn’t go that far…
DeleteI'm watching this product with interest. You see altars like this and wonder how they are put together.
DeleteDo you sand silently or listen to something while doing it? Do you find it boring or therapeutic?
ReplyDeleteI found it very boring...UNTIL I got a pair of blue tooth compatible ear muffs which I wear and listen to podcasts or music on while sanding. I do find that a lot more tolerable, especially if weather is cooperating and I can open the garage door to keep the dust from being bad enough I have to wear my respirator too.
DeleteDo you sand silently or listen to something while doing it? Do you find it boring or therapeutic?
ReplyDeleteI just smiled at all the clamps:) They will do the job! Your project is coming along nicely:)
ReplyDeleteOne can never have too many clamps... especially if they call themselves a woodworker!
DeleteDetails make all the difference! I'm not familiar with that kind of clamp, but they look really nifty.
ReplyDeleteThey are a modern version of the very common squeeze clamps that are everywhere these days. They just made them so you can remove the end off one side and switch it temporarily to the other to spread when the trigger is pulled. My old ones were before whomever thought about doing this so I had to buy these specifically for this job. But as a result, I will have more squeeze clamps for future projects (when I reverse them again) which I use quite often.
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