"Robatoy" wrote:
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Sharp, but not crazy sharp because you don't want to dig into your
panel. It is a natural feel.
Keep an eye on the grain, you don't want your chisel to pull on the
tape, in case where the grain changes direction/angle, you change
direction.
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Which is why I like the flat bastard file.
Lew
On Jan 10, 10:59=A0am, mkr5000 <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks robatoy -- chisel sounds like the way to go. will do some
> practice parts -- hate those razor trimmers.
Sharp, but not crazy sharp because you don't want to dig into your
panel. It is a natural feel.
Keep an eye on the grain, you don't want your chisel to pull on the
tape, in case where the grain changes direction/angle, you change
direction.
mkr5000 wrote:
> I don't have much luck with those razor knife trimmers for iron on
> wood edging for plywood.
>
> There ok but not perfect.
>
> I'll try my laminate trimmer but before I do, has anyone done it this
> way? with a standard flush laminate trimmer bit?
I just use a utility knife. Maybe touch up if needed with a fine file or
sandpaper.
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On Jan 10, 2:04=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote:
>
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> Sharp, but not crazy sharp because you don't want to dig into your
> panel. It is a natural feel.
> Keep an eye on the grain, you don't want your chisel to pull on the
> tape, in case where the grain changes direction/angle, you change
> direction.
> -----------------------------------
> Which is why I like the flat bastard file.
>
> Lew
I find the thermal adhesive tends to gum up a file, even a coarse son
of a bitch bastard file.
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:44:23 -0800 (PST), the infamous Robatoy
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>On Jan 10, 10:59 am, mkr5000 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> thanks robatoy -- chisel sounds like the way to go. will do some
>> practice parts -- hate those razor trimmers.
>
>Sharp, but not crazy sharp because you don't want to dig into your
>panel. It is a natural feel.
>Keep an eye on the grain, you don't want your chisel to pull on the
>tape, in case where the grain changes direction/angle, you change
>direction.
I learned to do it with a big honkin mill bastard file. Throw a
couple layers of tape on the end that you slide on the board and angle
it about 45 into the cut. Now slide the file and it saws the tape
right down.
With oak edging, it pulls lots fewer grain rips than a razor cutter. A
swipe with a medium sanding pad softens it for you prior to finishing.
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On Jan 10, 10:59=A0am, mkr5000 <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks robatoy -- chisel sounds like the way to go. will do some
> practice parts -- hate those razor trimmers.
Finish up with a sanding block. 150 grit 1/2 sheet on a piece of 5/8
PB, contact cement it on. lasts and lasts.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> "Robatoy" wrote:
> -----------------------------------
> Sharp, but not crazy sharp because you don't want to dig into your
> panel. It is a natural feel.
> Keep an eye on the grain, you don't want your chisel to pull on the
> tape, in case where the grain changes direction/angle, you change
> direction.
> -----------------------------------
> Which is why I like the flat bastard file.
I find that the edge of a half-round file held at a small angle to the job's
surface with the half-round face uppermost, acts as a cutter as it
progresses along the edge.
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On Jan 9, 12:11=A0pm, mkr5000 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have much luck with those razor knife trimmers for iron on
> wood edging for plywood.
>
> There ok but not perfect.
>
> I'll try my laminate trimmer but before I do, has anyone done it this
> way? with a standard flush laminate trimmer bit?
Nothing works as well as a stubby 1-1/4" chisel with a tiny micro-back-
bevel. In a shearing, downward motion with the back of the chisel flat
to the panel..make it like 45 degree scissor action.
Also... when ironing on the tape, hold the freshly applied tape down
with a block of something smooth and cold..press the tape's adhesives
into the endgrain of the panel and let it cool.. like a heat-sink.
I have been meaning to video tape the fast, reliable, easy way to
apply and trim iron-on tape, but you know how it is.
BTW.. iron tapes are a totally credible product. Especially the wood
types after they are finished with the rest of the panel.
The white ones for melamine require a bit of care.
A laminate trimmer will gum up the bearing in seconds and on wood tape
with rip off a nice snipe for you.
On wood tape, cut in the direction the of the grain that goes away
from the edge... again, dammit why don't I seem to have the time to
video that.
Don't bother with the fancy-pants virutex, Freud, double trimmers...my
way is MUCH more accurate and faster.
Nothing teaches one quicker than having a kitchen to deliver when the
edgebander shits the bed.