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Offline K. RUGE

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MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« on: April 15, 2014, 06:03:46 PM »
I HAVE SOME SCRAP PEICES LAYING AROUND AND WOOD LIKE TO MAKE SOME STRIKERS
I LIKE TO KNOW WHATS THE BEST WAY TO GLUE TWO TOGETHER AND THE SAFEST WAY SO THEY WONT COME APART WHILE TURNING . . . .
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2014, 08:02:03 PM »
Elmer's wood bond glue works really well just make sure the 2 pieces are completely flat
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2014, 09:31:40 PM »
If you are talking end to end, you do not want to butt them together. The joint will fail. If you want to turn one down and insert it in the other, that can be done and glued in several different types of configurations of length. From a basic two peice of a dowel going into a head, or what ever other combo you can imagine.

I have also done what was stated above, so a striker could be played half and half by spinning it 180 degrees.

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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2014, 07:31:45 AM »
OK , WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT IM THINKING , IS THE TWO BECOME ONE NOT A TWO PEICE .
MAKING THE TOP A LITTLE HEAVY AND THE STRIKER END A LIGHTER OR SOFTER WOOD END
I WAS TOLD BY A WOOD CRAFTSMAN . DRILL INTO CENTER OF BOTH INSERT A SMALLER DOWEL
AND GLUE . HE SAID THATS HOW HE WOOD DO THIS . I WANTED TO KNOW OF ANOTHER WAY
IF POSSIBLE ..... THANKS
« Last Edit: April 16, 2014, 08:02:39 AM by K. RUGE »
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2014, 07:45:00 AM »
If doing end for end drill a hole in one piece and turn a tennon in the other. Glue and clamp. Or drill both pieces and glue in a dowel and clamp. Or glue and clamp several pieces up flat to flat , rip to a blank and turn, you will get a cross cut blank this way.
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2014, 01:38:24 PM »
Yep, turn a tenon. I would not do the dowel. The chances of lining everything up just right is going to be slim.

And reproducing a sound you like that you come across is going to be tougher when you use a dowel too. Cause now you have three woods. Strikers are VERY picky when you have a picky ear/picky customer.
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2014, 06:29:59 PM »
THANK U ALL FOR THE HELP , THE tenon SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I NEED , A SET ISN'T CHEAP ,
BUT THEN WHAT IS NOW DAYS ...... THANKS   :2up:
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2014, 08:44:56 PM »
A set of what isn't cheap?
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2014, 09:27:27 PM »
 A set , tenon . I don't know what size I should use so it should  be better to get a set ....
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2014, 09:30:47 PM »
Just drill a 5/16" hole in the handle, and make the striker 5/16" to fit inside...
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2014, 09:52:23 PM »
Tenon sets are certainly going to be hard to come by,probably right up there with a good board stretcher.Lucky for us call makers we can turn our own with a skew chisel on the lathe.
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Re: MAKING A STRIKER OUT OF 2 KINDS OF WOOD
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2014, 10:27:45 PM »

The block on the left has a 1/2" tenon turned on it, the block on the right has a 1/2 inch hole drilled in it. put the tenon in the hole and glue and clamp together. You can drill a 5/16 inch hole in the end and turn the glued up blank between centers. Glue a 5/16 striker dowel in the hole and now you have a striker made from scraps.
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