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Re: Skin-on-Frame: preferred rib material
By:David Bynoe
Date: 3/23/2011, 11:43 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: preferred rib material (Bill Hamm)

I drop my ribs in the box at five minute intervals and keep the flow from the left to the right of the box to keep track of which one is which. I find that 5 minutes is about the right amount of time to take out a rib, bend it to shape and clamp it in place, by the time I am done, the next rib is ready to go.

: Really isn't much of any difference structurally once it's built.
: Laminated ribs arn't traditional and steaming is lots faster to
: do. Should be able to reasonably steam all the ribs in an
: afternoon, would be a real trick to laminate them that quickly.
: You will likely have to steam a few extra since you'll likely
: break a few, but steaming generally is an hour per inch of
: thickness, so for a 1/4" rib it only takes 15 minutes to
: steam one and any steam box should be able to hold several at
: once. Also steaming is kinda fun, laminating is a chore.

: Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: preferred rib material
StephenHJ -- 3/23/2011, 7:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: preferred rib material
Bill Hamm -- 3/23/2011, 8:19 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/23/2011, 8:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/23/2011, 9:11 pm
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David Bynoe -- 3/23/2011, 11:43 pm
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StephenHJ -- 3/24/2011, 2:12 am
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M. McMann -- 3/24/2011, 3:35 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/24/2011, 4:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/24/2011, 7:25 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 3/24/2011, 8:51 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 3/24/2011, 9:57 am
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Foster -- 3/24/2011, 11:39 am
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David Bynoe -- 3/24/2011, 3:03 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/25/2011, 6:57 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/24/2011, 11:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/25/2011, 9:06 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/25/2011, 6:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/25/2011, 9:10 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/25/2011, 4:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/25/2011, 6:58 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/24/2011, 9:25 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/24/2011, 9:07 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 3/24/2011, 9:54 am
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Aaron Hines -- 3/24/2011, 5:36 pm
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Bill Padin -- 3/24/2011, 7:07 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/25/2011, 7:03 am
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billpadin -- 3/25/2011, 8:47 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/24/2011, 8:02 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/24/2011, 9:41 pm
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StephenHJ -- 3/25/2011, 1:00 pm