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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rib postition for F1 from Brian
By:Tom Moen
Date: 6/10/2011, 4:44 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Rib postition for F1 from Brian Schulz (Bill Mayberry)

I'm familiar with how Brian builds his boats. The rib spacing shown on the drawing is wrong. Just build it like Brian says and you'll be fine: 3 inches from forward of backrest deck beam to forward of rib. Then start your layout from that rib, spacing ribs every 6 inches. Then move the rib immediately forward of that reference rib forward 3 inches, so that the spacing between the ribs for your butt is 9 inches on center.

Like this: | | || | | Each line is a rib.

make sense?

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Rib postition for F1 from Brian Schulz
Bill Mayberry -- 6/5/2011, 9:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rib postition for F1 from Brian
Mike Bielski -- 6/5/2011, 12:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rib postition for F1 from Brian
Bill Mayberry -- 6/5/2011, 12:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rib postition for F1 from Brian
Tom Moen -- 6/10/2011, 4:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rib postition for F1 from Brian
Tom Moen -- 6/10/2011, 4:47 am