Interior paneling strips

[txoil]

Ok, so I need to replace some panels on Tallulah..Who can tell me where to find the strips that are nailed down over where the panels butt together? What are these pieces called, so I will know what to ask for?

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I ripped down some scrap 1/8" birch panels on a table saw to make the strips.

[swirlygirls]

I used screen molding and I like the way it looks.

[mobiltec]

May 19, 2013 17:22:41 GMT -5 @smccusk said:

I ripped down some scrap 1/8" birch panels on a table saw to make the strips.

I rip 1/8 inch birch down to either one inch or 3/4 inches in width using my skill saw... Takes a good eye. LOL...

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The amazing part to me is seeing the words "scrap" and "1/8 inch birch" in the same sentence.


Went last week and sourced it at a local lumber company, quoted about $53 a sheet. Time to sell something....

[schweetcruisers]

May 19, 2013 19:23:39 GMT -5 @chris2620 said:

The amazing part to me is seeing the words "scrap" and "1/8 inch birch" in the same sentence.


Went last week and sourced it at a local lumber company, quoted about $53 a sheet. Time to sell something....

Chris, you need to find another lumber company, I paid about 17.00 a sheet for mine.

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I tried the other local company here, and the guys there looked at me like I had two heads... One of the Lowes has 1/4" in stock for $27. (The other store never heard of "birch"...that is, the kid I talked to...) I think we live too far from the trees for the lumber to be any more reasonable..

[mobiltec]

Im paying $24 a sheet right now for 1/8 inch birch from Ganahl Lumber in Orange, California.

[capecharlie]

I'm having a hard time finding local supply here in southeastern MA. I found a place about 70 miles away, and they are offering "natural birch" at $39 per. I have some 5x5 panels that were given to me, but those appear to be Baltic Birch. It looks like the Natural has a nicer, more original grain pattern. They have photos at www.boulterplywood.com/

I've got a few more local places to call. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears.

(By they way you can go for broke and do the whole interior in Cherry or at $70 or Teak at $90 if that floats your boat...)

[mobiltec]

Birch used to be pretty cheap because they made doors out of it. Now solid core doors are made from scrap wood. I bought 4 doors from Simpson a few months ago for a job. They looked like solid wood on the outside until I cut into them for fitting into existing jambs. When I cut the bottoms off I could not believe my eyes. The $300 doors that I bought were made from lots of little chips and pieces of scrap wood and then covered with a very, very thin veneer that barely passes as a solid piece of wood. I think it was maybe 1/32 thick.

Hollow core doors were made from a solid wood frame, filled in with thin pieces to keep the middle strong and 1/8 inch birch on the outside. Now they are made the same way, but with chipboard and a very, very thin veneer on the outside. You can poke your finger through it if not careful. Houses are being made the same way now by the way do what ever you do, DON'T buy a home that is newer than 15 years old. They are all junk built by "unskilled labor"...

[hauswife]

I'm agreeing with mobiltec on both. Ganahl lumber in ca (orange, Costa Mesa) have $24 for 1/8 inch.
I found birch veneer strips there too, it's SO CLOSE but it matches the unfinished birch, so it wouldn't have the pretty orangey color even if you shellac'd it.

Also- my house built in 27 with solid redwood has less problems than friends places/apartments that are new!!

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May 20, 2013 5:53:01 GMT -5 capecharlie said:

I'm having a hard time finding local supply here in southeastern MA. I found a place about 70 miles away, and they are offering "natural birch" at $39 per. I have some 5x5 panels that were given to me, but those appear to be Baltic Birch. It looks like the Natural has a nicer, more original grain pattern. They have photos at www.boulterplywood.com/

Boulter Bros. is where I got my birch...they are steep but it's real high quality plywood.


Mobiltec, you must be pretty good with a skill saw. I've seen people attach a vise grip to the saw bed and use it as a guide to get a clean straight edge.

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"...We don't need no stinking guides...!"



So, at $17 a sheet, it would probably be cheaper to have you buy it and ship it to me....

[Hamlet]

hauswife- Oe thing to think about is that your finish will age in time. Our od and new wood is matching more and more closely all the time, and we didn't use any stain or tint when we did it.

[mobiltec]

Mobiltec, you must be pretty good with a skill saw. I've seen people attach a vise grip to the saw bed and use it as a guide to get a clean straight edge.

You should see me cut a radius with a skill saw. I did that early in the Shasta series and blew people's minds.

You can see me using a skill saw in some of my videos. I've had a lot of practice as a finish carpenter and I use my left index finger and thumb to hold and guide the skill saw along the edge just like you would use a clamp on guide. There are other tricks for cutting straight lines with a skill saw and I am going to get into stuff like that more when I return from Colorado. I'm going to concentrate more on methods, tools and individual little jobs involved along the process of restoration that can be used on any trailer. I will be targeting specific tasks instead of filming an entire restoral from now on. This Shasta is the last complete restoral to be filmed.

Although I would like to have a table saw and a band saw, I have no place indoors to keep and use them. So I'm stuck with other methods but they work well.