Now that's something I didn't think of - thanks.
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Joining Scaffold Boards
- Thread starter chirpychippy
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That is the whole point, the rustic finish...
I've used scaffold board for a pletherer of projects outside and most of them have changed shape to a greater or lesser degree, but never inside as shelves....
Lots of suppliers of secondhand boards store them inside for use on internal projects.
scaffold boards are selected to be virtually knot free very stable very very strong and are supplied clean
round here you can get either around £1 a foot
they are full off character iff used
as long as cheep equals good quality and good value i will keep using them
other general thoughts
gluing edges is almost against the rustic look as in you cant sand the surfaces flush as it removes any texture
loose full length 6mm[5.5mm]ply tongues in a 6.35mm routed groove is perfect as it allows plus or minus 0.5mm character between planks
if you want to tie planks together then 12mm ply /20mm /44mm chamfered baton set back from front face by say 50mm between say 420-600mm along the shelf iff below chest height will not be seen
think character with slight movement as being the most important rather than ridgid and solid
a baton each end or a bracket every say 900mm or a general combination off both will be fine
remember one or more scaffold planks back to back unconnected physically in a line at a metre span will happily support a person albeit with a few mm sag
in other words interconnecting boards physically is not really required in 95% off situations with low tec ply tongues or light batons or support at say 800mm to interconnect the boards are more than enough as small deviation are far more interesting and attractive over exact uniformity
dont think bench joiner with high accuracy and strength just think rustic where your skill is to give a strong look that seems a bit random
gluing edges is almost against the rustic look as in you cant sand the surfaces flush as it removes any texture
loose full length 6mm[5.5mm]ply tongues in a 6.35mm routed groove is perfect as it allows plus or minus 0.5mm character between planks
if you want to tie planks together then 12mm ply /20mm /44mm chamfered baton set back from front face by say 50mm between say 420-600mm along the shelf iff below chest height will not be seen
think character with slight movement as being the most important rather than ridgid and solid
a baton each end or a bracket every say 900mm or a general combination off both will be fine
remember one or more scaffold planks back to back unconnected physically in a line at a metre span will happily support a person albeit with a few mm sag
in other words interconnecting boards physically is not really required in 95% off situations with low tec ply tongues or light batons or support at say 800mm to interconnect the boards are more than enough as small deviation are far more interesting and attractive over exact uniformity
dont think bench joiner with high accuracy and strength just think rustic where your skill is to give a strong look that seems a bit random
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Thanks for your help on this, less to say it all went south when I gave them the total cost..
Why is it so expensive the scaffold boards are only £25 each, I checked, and that's without your trade discount.
Can't you find someone else to fabricate the brackets at a better cost...
I can pay cash for your time, that'll take 20% off labour.
We can do a deal mate, if you can supply a table saw, a chop saw, a router, some sash clamps, an sds drill a drill driver and a few spirit levels and all the fittings, then find a cheaper fabricator, you can do it yourself and save 100% on labour then I dont have to take risks to save you money - mate.
Why is it so expensive the scaffold boards are only £25 each, I checked, and that's without your trade discount.
Can't you find someone else to fabricate the brackets at a better cost...
I can pay cash for your time, that'll take 20% off labour.
We can do a deal mate, if you can supply a table saw, a chop saw, a router, some sash clamps, an sds drill a drill driver and a few spirit levels and all the fittings, then find a cheaper fabricator, you can do it yourself and save 100% on labour then I dont have to take risks to save you money - mate.
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