{"id":1539,"date":"2017-08-10T23:09:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T04:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?page_id=1539"},"modified":"2017-09-09T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T22:52:40","slug":"strengthening-the-center-joint-of-the-horizontal-stabilizer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?page_id=1539","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening the center joint of the horizontal stabilizer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I look at the joint in the center of a stabilizer that’s built from sticks, and I wonder how it’s expected to stay together. \u00a0For example here’s the stabilizer I built for a Q-Tee<\/a> from RCM plans:\"DSC_1010\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Notice that the center joint is just a couple of sticks end-glued together. \u00a0This looks none too strong. \u00a0So I cut out a little piece of 1\/64″ plywood to use as a joiner.<\/p>\n

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This is very thin wood that can be inserted into a slit made with an X-Acto knife. \u00a0I didn’t remove any of the balsa wood, but if I were doing this to a larger plane I would probably take out some balsa and make a slot to accommodate the bulk of the hard wood joiner. \u00a0Here’s a photo of the joiner being pushed into the slit.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what it looks like after it’s pushed all the way in.<\/p>\n

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I finished it by applying thin CA glue. \u00a0I haven’t tested the strength of this joiner, but I’m sure it’s way stronger than the original design.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes I look at the joint in the center of a stabilizer that’s built from sticks, and I wonder how it’s expected to stay together. \u00a0For example here’s the stabilizer I built for a Q-Tee from RCM plans: Notice that … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1833,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1539"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1545,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1539\/revisions\/1545"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}