clapboard???

[wickman]

Hi folks
I'm going to be starting some scratch building I have already did
one fsm mine kit in HO . I have all of Darryl Huffmans dvd's I love
watching the scratch building one and I want to start scratch
building I already know the sizes of basswood to order for doing
interior studding and rafters that kinda stuff .
I tried cutting my own wood to HO scale but they always seem to come
out outta wack shaped like a bow from a bow and arrow thin here and
thicker there I even tried useing a couple different manufacture
wood strippers but the blade always seemed to get pressured outward
making the wood out of scale and that was for making 3x6 ( 1/32" x
1/16") wall studs.

Questions
1.Is there a big difference between ordering the scale lumber in a
3x6 precut like is it stiffer . I do realize that doing board on
board is not easy in HO but I really want to try as Darryl makes it
look so pleasureable in O scale.

2.I also seen on mt albert distributor site
http://www.hunterline.com/basswoood.htm site whats called scribed
sheets with a description of 040" scribed 1/16" thick as well as
CLAPBOARD SHEETS - 4" x 24" with a description of HO Scale 4"
Clapboard What is the difference between scribed clapboard and
plain sheets ? Is clapboard ans scribed made more for cutting to a
particular size ?

we have a lumber store here that sells basswood from midwest but
they don't have scribed or clap board for me to see so I can
understand its purpose or uses.
Thanks Lynn

[egmurphy]

QUOTE: Lynn: whats called scribed
sheets with a description of 040" scribed 1/16" thick as well as
CLAPBOARD SHEETS - 4" x 24" with a description of HO Scale 4"
Clapboard What is the difference between scribed clapboard and
plain sheets ? Is clapboard ans scribed made more for cutting to a
particular size ?

Clapboard, in real life, is the type of siding you see on a house where the upper board laps over the lower board, giving a sort of sawtoothed look (in profile) to the siding. HO scale 4" clapboar means there would be 4 scale inches between each board. Clapboard siding is typical in house construction.

1/16" thick 0.040" scribed siding is flat, with scribed lines 0.040" apart (like if you butted adjacent boards together). This is the kind of siding you'd see on wood boxcars, reefers, etc.


Look at the profile of each type of siding in this mink from Midwest Products:
http://www.midwestproducts.com/basswood_siding.htm

Regards

Ed

[wickman]

Thanks Ed
so what would spacing mean and is this meant for resizing for scale lumber ?
Lynn

[egmurphy]

I'm not real claer on your question, but let me try this and see if it's what you're looking for.

Scribed siding - the 0.040" spacing between the scribed lines works out to about 3 1/2" in HO (87 times the spacing). If you were looking for wider boards you'd look for a different spacing, 0.060" works out to about 6 1/4". Some makers use fractional dimensions, rather than thousandths of an inch. For example, Midwest uses 1/16" (= 5 1/2 +/- ), 3/32" (= 8 1/4" +/- ), and 1/8" (= 10 7/8" +/- ).

Depends on what real life measurement you were looking to reproduce. The thickness is just a factor of stiffness.

On the clapboard siding, the spacing is the distance between adjacent "teeth" on the siding, or the clear distance that one board protrudes below the overlap of the board above. 4" or 6" would be common.


If that didn't answer your question, we can try again.

Regards

Ed

[wickman]

Yes that certainly clears that up
Ty Lynn