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Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gunwale *PIC*
By:Orcabait
Date: 10/12/2016, 4:37 pm

beginners question. I have some Eastern Red Cedar boards that used to be in a sauna I took apart. They are 3/4 inch thick and, after rippi ng off the tongue and groove, about 5 inches wide. Thinking of ripping them and scarfing them into stringers, gunwale and keel for a yost style construction.

Question: which way do I bend them, with the plain grain or quarter grain facing outboard. Picture clarifies what I mean.
Thanks in advance

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Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gunwale *PIC*
Orcabait -- 10/12/2016, 4:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gun
Marc Upchurch -- 10/12/2016, 6:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gun
Doug Lowthian -- 10/12/2016, 7:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gun *PIC*
Curtis Fisher -- 10/13/2016, 3:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gun
Orcabait -- 10/14/2016, 10:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gun
Orcabait -- 10/14/2016, 10:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gun *PIC*
Curtis Fisher -- 10/14/2016, 2:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Which way to bend stringers/gun
Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2016, 12:12 am