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I made the decision to do the second planking with 1mm black walnut rather than the .5 strips on my Le Soleil Royal and I am glad I did!! For me it was easier controlling the bend, beveling the planks at the hull contours just easier to handle!! and had more thickness to the plank for finish sanding when the planking was complete.I would have bet the farm that a .5mm thick plank would bend / lay easier than 1mm plank.
good thing I'm not a gambler...
not only thisgives you a smooth surface and contour
Hallo @bill361. Before you bend anything, you might try soaking the wood in water (hot or cold) for about 60 minutes. You only have to soak the area that will be bent. I use an old plastic pill bottle for soaking when I only have to bend the end of a plank.
2. You will probably be able to bend just about anything with your hands using this technique.
3. Clamp the wood to any 'jig-creation' that will produce a bend close to what you need and let the wood dry over night; the jig bend does not have to be perfect. I have used a door knob, a random pile of scrap wood, a jig-saw table, etc. for this clamping. I clamp everything with Harbor Freight's plastic squeeze clamps.
4. The next day the wood will be 'kind of dry'. Final fit this 'kind-of dry' wood to your model. Use your hands to put in any final fit bends as necessary.
Do any sanding, carving, trimming, edge bevelling, coloring for caulking, etc at this stage. The damp portion of the plank wood will be just a tad larger than it was when it was totally dry. You can make the fit of the damp area a little tighter than normal to compensate. If you are installing a plank between two other planks (filling a hole), you can use a small hammer to pound the new damp plank in to make sure it is really seated tight against the frame (makes a great tight fit). Let everything dry for a day or two.
5. Check your work from the previous day (correct as necessary). Glue the plank on using CYA. Drill holes and put the dowels in. Sand and/or file smooth as necessary. Works every time.
On my Le Soleil build it came with .5mm second planking I decided after testing a couple .5 planks that I would order 1mm Planking for the second finish plank and it works much better for me, Easier to control, just soak the planks in hot water or steam and they bend easy, and I had double the thickness to block sand to a smooth finish.not only this
- a second and in my opinion also very important advantage is, that you have over the full length of the second layer plank the possibility to apply glue and not only at the area of the bulkheads
I just subscribed to your videos, Kevin. Looking forward to getting wiser!I dont know of you have looked at my videos but i do have a series on planking the HMS Thorn that you might find useful
kevin
do not forget to mention your interesting building log including the videosI dont know of you have looked at my videos but i do have a series on planking the HMS Thorn that you might find useful
kevin