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Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
By:Ian Johnson
Date: 9/12/2010, 11:36 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah! (dave g)

: Looks good to this point. What happened the the bottom edge of form
: two?

It looks like he cut a slot in form 2, rather than a hole, which I guess means that form 2 is the right shape but just missing the bottom couple of inches. I imagine that will be ok? I did make it a hole rather than a slot, so it looked like the picture below.

Actuallly I won't link the picture, it is too high resolution to display nicely, so go here instead to see a picture:

http://ianjohnsonz.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/end-forms-dont-quite-match-forms-2-15/

I second Dave's comment about fixing the end forms to prevent sideways movement. I'd suggest adding a couple of cleats to the side of the form that you can really fix firmly to the strongback, and leave a fishing line wired just above the strongback for the first few strips, to be certain it doesn't move out of alignment.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah! *PIC*
G New -- 9/12/2010, 8:14 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah! *NM* *PIC*
G New -- 9/12/2010, 8:16 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah! *PIC*
Tim Sheehan -- 9/13/2010, 1:02 am
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
G New -- 9/13/2010, 9:11 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
G New -- 9/13/2010, 8:58 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
Ian Johnson -- 9/13/2010, 9:24 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
dave g -- 9/12/2010, 10:47 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
Ian Johnson -- 9/12/2010, 11:36 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
dave g -- 9/13/2010, 12:26 am
Re: Strip: Guillemot progressing slowly but surely *PIC*
Ian Johnson -- 9/13/2010, 3:19 am
Re: Strip: Guillemot progressing slowly but surely
dave g -- 9/13/2010, 7:35 pm
Re: Strip: Guillemot progressing slowly but surely
Ian Johnson -- 9/13/2010, 9:04 pm
Re: Strip: Guillemot progressing slowly but surely
Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2010, 9:03 am
Re: Strip: Strongback Completed Yeah!
Jim Farrelly -- 9/12/2010, 10:28 pm