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Skin-on-Frame: HELP!!! Ribs keep popping out
By:Aaron McConnell
Date: 2/11/2011, 11:50 am

My SOF if just about ready to be skinned but if i sit in it the ribs pop out?! The ribs are rounded (not squared). If I lash the ribs to the gunales I am worried that the rib stock will just spit where I drill the hole. My brother thinks that the skin will hold it all together in the end. Is that a safe assumption or should I get this figured out before I skin it? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Skin-on-Frame: HELP!!! Ribs keep popping out
Aaron McConnell -- 2/11/2011, 11:50 am
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Peter B -- 2/11/2011, 1:29 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/11/2011, 2:38 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/11/2011, 3:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2011, 3:20 pm
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David Bynoe -- 2/11/2011, 6:23 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 2/11/2011, 8:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: HELP!!! Ribs keep popping out
Mike Bielski -- 2/12/2011, 12:54 am