different steps for rail recovering

[D-Rock]

I watched a guy the other day recover a set of rails and did things different then I do. Just wanted some opinions on it. he pounded in the feather strip half way and cut his cloth. then he proceeded to recover the rail and when he was done, he went back with a cloth covered block and finished setting in the featherstrip as his last step. He said it helps pull the cloth tighter this way.

Any thoughts?

 

[Dartman]

I watched a guy the other day recover a set of rails and did things different then I do. Just wanted some opinions on it. he pounded in the feather strip half way and cut his cloth. then he proceeded to recover the rail and when he was done, he went back with a cloth covered block and finished setting in the featherstrip as his last step. He said it helps pull the cloth tighter this way.

Any thoughts?

You can consider that an advanced technique in rail covering.
I should have added that you want to leave the strip up only about 1/32, not half way.

 

[poolfitkids]

You can consider that an advanced technique in rail covering.

Sounds interesting, have to give it a shot and then see what I think.

 

[realkingcobra]

I watched a guy the other day recover a set of rails and did things different then I do. Just wanted some opinions on it. he pounded in the feather strip half way and cut his cloth. then he proceeded to recover the rail and when he was done, he went back with a cloth covered block and finished setting in the featherstrip as his last step. He said it helps pull the cloth tighter this way.

Any thoughts?

Well, first of all, trimming off the extra cloth when the feather strip is only half way in, is going to result in the cloth pulling out of the feather strips. Secondly, setting the feather strip in all the way down as a last thing to do to finish off the rails...in fact loosens the cloth up just a little, because when the feather strip is higher up than the finish of the rail, pounding it down lowers the tension on the cloth being pulled across the top of the cushions.

Glen

 

[TheBook]

Well, first of all, trimming off the extra cloth when the feather strip is only half way in, is going to result in the cloth pulling out of the feather strips. Secondly, setting the feather strip in all the way down as a last thing to do to finish off the rails...in fact loosens the cloth up just a little, because when the feather strip is higher up than the finish of the rail, pounding it down lowers the tension on the cloth being pulled across the top of the cushions.

Glen

I am not a table mechanic but I was thinking the same. Just using simple geometry the hypothenuse would be the cloth and the cushion the base and the feather strip the altitude of a right triangle. Driving down the altitude (feather strip) would have cloth against the base and by the laws of a right triangle the hypothenuse is longer than the base thus resulting in looser cloth.

 

[Majic]

I am not a table mechanic but I was thinking the same. Just using simple geometry the hypothenuse would be the cloth and the cushion the base and the feather strip the altitude of a right triangle. Driving down the altitude (feather strip) would have cloth against the base and by the laws of a right triangle the hypothenuse is longer than the base thus resulting in looser cloth.

Good one I disagree......driving the feather strip deeper with the cloth will make it tighter. Halfway isn't deep enough though or the cloth may be loose.

 

[D-Rock]

He may have pounded it in more then halfway, I just said that as a sort of visual reference. I only saw him do one rail so I didn't pay that close attention to the featherstip until after when he went back and repounded it further in.

 

[D-Rock]

I am not a table mechanic but I was thinking the same. Just using simple geometry the hypothenuse would be the cloth and the cushion the base and the feather strip the altitude of a right triangle. Driving down the altitude (feather strip) would have cloth against the base and by the laws of a right triangle the hypothenuse is longer than the base thus resulting in looser cloth.

but this is not a right triangle. A right triangle has a 90 degree angle in it.

also: its not even a true triangle since the cushions are curved.

 

[n10spool]

So all feather strips should have a grove in them to insert cloth flip so grove is on inside facing cushion pound pound no trim and is perfect on the first try.

Not a bad idea if they dont crack.

Craig