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Re: Simple Inside Templates
By:Ian Johnston
Date: 11/2/2000, 10:12 pm
In Response To: Simple Inside Templates (mike allen --->)

: If it takes more time for some people, or hard to measure, another way to
: make a very accurate and quick inside template (espec for stitch and glue)
: is by using long sharpened thin scraps of wood or cardboard. At the
: appropriate location for the bulkhead, hot glue or tape or jam a pc of
: cardboard that is way smaller and cut to NO particular shape(even torn
: out). Cut the thin scraps so they are say about 4 in long and one by one
: hot glue them on the card radially out so the pointers touch the inside of
: the seams or ea side of the fillets. Pull the card, connect the points on
: another pc of paper or the wood directly, and you have exact measurements.
: The more points, the more accurate.

Hey Mick,

Excellent idea! I tried to get the manufacturer, Necky, to supply me with a template from their design computer at the point I was going to install the bulkhead. Their response was, "No problem to do that but we don't want to be responsible for any problems, so you give us $200.00 and we,ll do it for you."

"No thanks! I'll do it myself." {:o)

Ian

Messages In This Thread

Moving a bulkhead *Pic*
Mark -- 11/1/2000, 10:59 pm
add, don't move
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/2/2000, 9:00 pm
Thanks for all the responses
Mark -- 11/2/2000, 3:12 pm
Re: Moving a bulkhead
Jack Martin -- 11/2/2000, 2:14 pm
Re: Moving a bulkhead
David Dick -- 11/2/2000, 8:01 am
Re: Moving a bulkhead
Shawn Baker -- 11/3/2000, 11:39 am
Re: Moving a bulkhead
Bob Deutsch -- 11/2/2000, 6:22 pm
Re: Moving a bulkhead
Ian Johnston -- 11/2/2000, 4:15 am
Simple Inside Templates
mike allen ---> -- 11/2/2000, 4:05 pm
Simple Inside Templates *Pic*
Joe Greenley -- 11/2/2000, 11:36 pm
What? Interior String Lines????
mike allen ---> -- 11/3/2000, 12:55 pm
DUH! Simpler Outside
mike allen ---> -- 11/3/2000, 4:52 pm
Re:Simple and Elegant solution
Shawn Baker -- 11/3/2000, 5:59 pm
Re: What? Interior String Lines????
Joe Greenley -- 11/3/2000, 2:04 pm
Ratz, misread the tea leaves!
mike allen ---> -- 11/3/2000, 2:35 pm
Re: Simple Inside Templates
Ian Johnston -- 11/2/2000, 10:12 pm
Necky Nightmares
Brian Nystrom -- 11/3/2000, 10:56 am
Re: Moving a bulkhead
Shawn Baker -- 11/1/2000, 11:18 pm
Re: Moving a bulkhead
Mark -- 11/3/2000, 11:18 pm
related question -- move seat?
Mark -- 11/1/2000, 11:02 pm
Re: related question -- move seat?
Brian Nystrom -- 11/2/2000, 11:38 am
Re: related question -- move seat?
Dave Houser -- 11/2/2000, 3:00 pm