Not practiced or recommended.In the process of recovering my old championship cloth to a speed cloth , thought of installing a few fine staples to help secure the feather strip on my rails , Is this a practiced method .... or not recommended ? Thanks for any suggestions
If the cloth you are using is thinner and the strips don't go in with the proper amount of friction you can either build new ones or shim them with masking tape if they are otherwise in good shape.In the process of recovering my old championship cloth to a speed cloth , thought of installing a few fine staples to help secure the feather strip on my rails , Is this a practiced method .... or not recommended ? Thanks for any suggestions
Would new feather strips fix this issue. Are they available for GCI's??If the cloth you are using is thinner and the strips don't go in with the proper amount of friction you can either build new ones or shim them with masking tape if they are otherwise in good shape.
Would new feather strips fix this issue. Are they available for GCI's??
Would new feather strips fix this issue. Are they available for GCI's??
You should make some for a proper fit with your dados and clothWould new feather strips fix this issue. Are they available for GCI's??
You will have to be extremely lucky for them to fit properly as shipped. The wooden ones are normally oversized and need taken down a little. If you have access to a planer, you can resize them easily. If you have access to a table saw you can make your own.Would new feather strips fix this issue. Are they available for GCI's??
Better too tall by a masking tape width than pounded down below flush leaving a sharp edge for your shaft to slide on and get shaved and dented.Use masking tape along the sides of the featherstrips. I cut the excess, rather than wrap it around the bottom side, as it could make the featherstrips too tall.
If you are still worried about the cloth coming loose, you can swipe a glue stick down each side of the featherstrip, just prior to installation. It doesn't take much. Alternatively, you could use 3M-77 spray adhesive. However, it increases the risk of breaking the featherstrips on the next recloth, if you aren't careful.