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Form Spacing
By:Mike Scarborough
Date: 8/26/1999, 10:44 am
In Response To: converting to a strip built (Mike Hanks)

Conventional wisedom is that 24" form spacing is too much for 1/4" strips. I looked in Canoecraft by Ted Moores and he recommended 10-14" spacing and suggested that 18-24" spacing would lead to "a nightmare of twists and humps."

Messages In This Thread

converting to a strip built
Mike Hanks -- 8/26/1999, 9:44 am
Re: converting to a strip built
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/28/1999, 10:01 pm
Re: converting to a strip built
Mike Hanks -- 8/29/1999, 1:34 am
Re: converting to a strip built
Dean Trexel -- 8/26/1999, 8:55 pm
Form Spacing
Mike Scarborough -- 8/26/1999, 10:44 am