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Offline Aaron H

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splicing a power lam?
« on: October 26, 2015, 11:05:09 am »
Would I be ok to splice together my power lam with say a z splice, or would it be smarter to keep it one piece?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: splicing a power lam?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2015, 11:43:38 am »
All a power lam does is stiffens the handle area to keep it from bending. A "Z" splice should be adequate to do this.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: splicing a power lam?
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2015, 12:34:11 pm »
That's kinda what I figured.  Thanks Pat
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Offline Badger

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Re: splicing a power lam?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2015, 12:55:06 pm »
I sometimes just cut a 45 degree angle on internal splices like lams and then butt them up. Doesn't seem to be much stress on the joint
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: splicing a power lam?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2015, 02:03:27 pm »
Sleek and I did one a while back that pretty much just had a scarf joint like Badger said. Ours was on the core wood. It didn't hurt a thing!
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