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Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
By:jesper bach
Date: 7/4/2003, 1:55 am
In Response To: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ? (jesper bach)

Thansk for the swift replies everyone.

The strongback for a Guillemot Expedition Single is internal allright, but i forgot to mention that i will have to have a movable setup (otherwise there will be no barbequeues on the porch this summer :-)

I have considered a full 2x4 made from fir but it WILL bend and twist, so i'm not prepared to go that way.

Will 5/8" plywood do for a movable setup as well, if i use f.ex. 3 supports under it ?

No problems in using plywood, fairly cheap and easy to work with, but can only be found here in 8' lengths, so will it be ok to "overlap" using two lengths ?

There is max. room for a 2x4 strongback, otherwise, as one of you mentioned, it will protrude outside the forms.

Thanks.

Jesper

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
jesper bach -- 7/3/2003, 5:04 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
Pat -- 7/8/2003, 3:17 am
Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
Ed Falis -- 7/4/2003, 10:13 am
Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
jesper bach -- 7/4/2003, 11:14 am
Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
jesper bach -- 7/4/2003, 1:55 am
Re: Flexible Internal Strongbacks
Mike Scarborough -- 7/4/2003, 9:16 am
Re: Flexible Internal Strongbacks
jesper bach -- 7/4/2003, 9:42 am
Re: Flexible Internal Strongbacks
James Nixon -- 7/4/2003, 2:01 pm
MDF Strongback Won't work.
Dave -- 7/4/2003, 12:26 am
Re: MDF Strongback Won't work.
c -- 7/4/2003, 8:51 am
Re: Strip: Probably, yes.... But ... !!!
Rehd -- 7/3/2003, 11:21 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
Dave Sprygada -- 7/3/2003, 10:42 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
cmenard -- 7/3/2003, 9:50 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback from MDF, will that work ?
srchr/gerald -- 7/3/2003, 9:46 pm