DaveH6
Sure like the appearance of the ceilings
The third strip down from the shelf glue cleat is my first spiling strip. Its thinner width at the ends jump out at me as I waste energy dwelling on my mistake. When the v-berth area is finished, this aberration will lose its visibility as I shall focus on the overall appearance of a very attractive area.
I very much like the appearance of the Cypress strips especially no knot holes. But, the wood can be finicky when working it. It seems to suffer grain tear out and I gave up on using the router to put on a bevel edge after I destroyed a strip's edge. Perhaps I was making too deep a router cut and should have done multiple passes or reversed the direction of routing. With all but five strips left to install on each ceiling, I switched to a block plane and sanding block for the beveling. I found that while planing an edge, the grain or something changed so I would have to switch the planing 180 degrees on a given edge to avoid tearing the wood. When milling the strips on a thickness planer and paying attention to the grain direction, I still had some problems with tearing the strip's surface but not severe enough that sanding couldn't fix it. I wish I had a drum sander.
For me, the appearance of Cypress, its light weight and $2.30 per board foot make up for any workablilty issues. My Cypress came from Louisiania. The lumber was available in 14' lengths thus thinking ahead required since the longest ceiling strips were about 7' 2" long. When selecting the planks I focused solely on appearance. With the lumber in my workshop and ready to be milled, I found that one plank was noticeably heavier than the norm. Don't know if it had a high sap or moisture content. Lesson learned is that a plank's weight must also be considered during the selection process.
With the mid-90 degree temps in Austin recently, strips can be unclamped in about 4 hours (I use a fast hardener). I do two strips per side each day.
Hopefully, in about two days the strip install will be finished and I look forward to sanding off my epoxy smudges and putting on varnish.
Sure like the appearance of the ceilings
The third strip down from the shelf glue cleat is my first spiling strip. Its thinner width at the ends jump out at me as I waste energy dwelling on my mistake. When the v-berth area is finished, this aberration will lose its visibility as I shall focus on the overall appearance of a very attractive area.
I very much like the appearance of the Cypress strips especially no knot holes. But, the wood can be finicky when working it. It seems to suffer grain tear out and I gave up on using the router to put on a bevel edge after I destroyed a strip's edge. Perhaps I was making too deep a router cut and should have done multiple passes or reversed the direction of routing. With all but five strips left to install on each ceiling, I switched to a block plane and sanding block for the beveling. I found that while planing an edge, the grain or something changed so I would have to switch the planing 180 degrees on a given edge to avoid tearing the wood. When milling the strips on a thickness planer and paying attention to the grain direction, I still had some problems with tearing the strip's surface but not severe enough that sanding couldn't fix it. I wish I had a drum sander.
For me, the appearance of Cypress, its light weight and $2.30 per board foot make up for any workablilty issues. My Cypress came from Louisiania. The lumber was available in 14' lengths thus thinking ahead required since the longest ceiling strips were about 7' 2" long. When selecting the planks I focused solely on appearance. With the lumber in my workshop and ready to be milled, I found that one plank was noticeably heavier than the norm. Don't know if it had a high sap or moisture content. Lesson learned is that a plank's weight must also be considered during the selection process.
With the mid-90 degree temps in Austin recently, strips can be unclamped in about 4 hours (I use a fast hardener). I do two strips per side each day.
Hopefully, in about two days the strip install will be finished and I look forward to sanding off my epoxy smudges and putting on varnish.