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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Need Help
By:Elliott
Date: 6/17/2003, 9:12 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Need Help (Richard)

Richard,

On steam bending, sounds like they are in the steamer too long.
One other thing I noticed when bending my Ash ribs is the way they are cut.
Did you use a bandsaw perhaps? Did you then run them through a thickness planer?
If you have any saw marks running across the rib it will break there.
The remedy for that is to make sure the ribs are smooth.
Good luck, Keep building, Elliott

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Skin-on-Frame: Need Help
Richard -- 6/16/2003, 2:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Need Help
Elliott -- 6/17/2003, 9:12 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Need Help let's try that again
Richard -- 6/17/2003, 12:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Need Help let's try that again
Aaron Cunningham -- 6/17/2003, 1:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Need Help *NM*
Richard -- 6/17/2003, 12:42 pm
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bob Kelim -- 6/16/2003, 9:30 pm
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Ben Staley -- 6/16/2003, 3:09 pm
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Richard -- 6/16/2003, 4:27 pm
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Ben Staley -- 6/16/2003, 5:04 pm
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Richard -- 6/16/2003, 6:32 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/16/2003, 11:03 pm
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Travis Kinchen -- 6/16/2003, 2:59 pm