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stringing forms
By:Chris Menard
Date: 2/29/2000, 7:43 am

Quick question....Should I string the forms onto the strongback bow up and flip the whole thing over (seems to be what Nick is doing) or is that just for display purposes of the book. Seems to be easier to align the forms deck-down and not worry about and deflection during rotation. I hate rotation deflection!

By the way...I may be in trouble. I was hand planing the internal stems yesterday and was really enjoying it! When this thing starts looking like a yak, I may not see the wife and daughter until the glass is done!

Messages In This Thread

stringing forms
Chris Menard -- 2/29/2000, 7:43 am
ONLY using string - the 'BIG AL' way
mike allen ---} -- 3/2/2000, 12:34 am
Re: ONLY using string - the 'BIG AL' way
Chris Menard -- 3/2/2000, 7:45 am
Re: ONLY using string - the 'BIG AL' way
Tony -- 3/2/2000, 8:41 pm
Using String
mike allen ---} -- 2/29/2000, 9:13 pm
Re: Using String
Larry C. -- 2/29/2000, 9:39 pm
Re: stringing forms
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/29/2000, 9:12 am
Re: stringing forms
Jerry -- 2/29/2000, 12:08 pm
Re: stringing forms
Chris Loeliger -- 2/29/2000, 3:29 pm
Re: stringing forms
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 2/29/2000, 7:00 pm
Re: stringing forms
Jerry -- 2/29/2000, 7:29 pm
Re: stringing forms
Ross Leidy -- 2/29/2000, 9:12 am
Re: stringing forms
Shawn Baker -- 2/29/2000, 11:42 am
Re: stringing forms
Ross Leidy -- 2/29/2000, 11:51 am