corecork rails

General Discussion
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what’s the thickest you can get corecork ?

and is there another high density cork you can get to make solid cork rails out of?

as i was looking at the balsa rail thread and thinking about Paul’s comment about balsa and corecel rails

it dawned on me why no one has tried solid core rails attached to a glassed flat edged core?

1/4"-1/2" sheets could be glued to form rails easily that could be shaped into final form and not have to be glassed

rail dings and water intrusion would be minimized from rail shatters

hopeful it would be cheaper than solid corecell high density foam rails

 

 

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I have.

Did the green 8-0 pig that way. I gave the board to my friends daughter.

I used the thicker 12" x 12" pieces from Fisher but it’s a very course cork. I also used the thinner roll stuff they sell on the outer edge. I have a roll of the thinner one and a set of 4 pieces of the 12 x 12 if you want.

The cork is easy to work with. I just cut sections to fit the rail then glued them on till I got about 3/4". Overlap the joints.

Blue dow is faster because you can do a longer thicker section at one time.

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The hollow wood guys use cork rails a lot, cork flooring underlayment comes in big rolls that are 1/4 thick and lighter that the floor tiles.

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Here’s a shot of the green 8-0 you can see the cork rails. I wouldn’t leave them exposed, same for blue dow. It’s too fragile.

This board had a lot of concave under the nose that was channelled through the middle. It was nrrow, like only 20 inches or less.

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i got an 8 mm (approx. 1/3") cork roll cuts priced per meter from here in europe, but i can’t see anything thicker than 6 mm on their web over there in the north america (http://www.corkstore.com/Products/Cork-Rolls-Sheets).

you can cut it with the knife, bend it around 1/2" radius corner, it sands quite well … but as it’s actually a graded bark glued together, it tends to crumble away. fine wine bottle stoppers are ok. they’re made of one piece.