XPost: misc.consumers.frugal-living   
   From: mung_me@att.net   
      
   On 12/4/2012 2:37 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "j"  wrote in message   
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   >> On 12/4/2012 11:16 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The contact cement should give more latitude. I had tried double   
   >> stick but it is hard to tug on the mylar.The contact slides until it   
   >> sets. In fact you don't have to be that careful of getting out the   
   >> ripples initially as they pull out easily after the mylar is on the   
   >> frame.   
   >   
   > I've been a theatre set builder and thus practiced stretching the   
   > canvas. Since it's stapled before sizing it I could fix my beginner   
   > mistakes without wasting material. The glue seems easier.   
   >   
   >> ...   
   >> Some of the pieces I've ripped have curved. What should I look for   
   >> in feed stock? I think the pieces with tighter/closer grain curve   
   >> more. I think the top grain is more critical than the edge grain.   
   >> But I really don't know.   
   >> Jeff   
   >   
   > When I asked about the very large scrap pile I saw in a custom cabinet   
   > shop the owner said he simply bought extra and used whatever warped   
   > for firewood.   
      
   Ah!   
   >   
   > I got the Southern Yellow Pine as strips trimmed off doors etc from a   
   > kitchen installer, and nowadays saw and plane my own furniture lumber   
   > from local high-quality old growth that dies or blows down.   
      
   Nice.   
   >   
   > If you are limited to big box store wood you could buy extra, rip it   
   > slightly oversize and pile it up indoors to season. Most of the   
   > pressure-treated I've bought recently has dried pretty straight. I   
   > rebuilt the outer frames and sills of my windows with it.   
      
      
   I've given up on yellow pine. Everything I make is out of white pine, I   
   haven't had too much trouble, but I do get the occasional errant piece.   
   The white seems a good bit lighter too,I think not as strong, but strong   
   enough.   
      
   I've got a good bit of 1 x 6 tongue and groove cypress (I bought a   
   pallet Home Depot no longer wanted), it's my go to wood if the   
   dimensions are suitable.   
      
   The depot is not far and I can hang lumber out the car window and no one   
   cares. I brought home some 12 footers once and they stuck out 5'. A bit   
   too far for a comfortable drive home!   
      
   Jeff   
      
   > jsw   
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