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Re: It could be worse
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 2/7/2000, 4:32 pm
In Response To: It could be worse (Mike Scarborough)

Gee, Mike, that depends. If I had everything all squared and aligned, and it was form #8 of 16, I'd probably violently cut it in half with a jigsaw, flip the halves over, and then use a couple of scraps of plywood as backer plates and screw them back together right-side-up.

Shawn

> At least you're using an external strongback, so correcting the problem
> only involves repositioning one form. If you string all your forms along a
> 2x4 internal strongback and discover a problem late in the game. . . Well
> the only way to get the offending form out is to remove all the forms
> between it and one end of the boat.

Messages In This Thread

CONTEST! What's wrong with this Picture?
Spidey -- 2/5/2000, 12:59 am
Lots
mike allen -- 2/7/2000, 8:01 pm
Re: Lots
Spidey -- 2/7/2000, 10:46 pm
Re: Lots
lee -- 2/7/2000, 9:03 pm
Re: CONTEST! What's wrong with this Picture?
James Neely -- 2/7/2000, 4:38 pm
Re:)
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/7/2000, 9:21 am
I win
Dale Frolander -- 2/5/2000, 2:09 am
It could be worse
Mike Scarborough -- 2/6/2000, 10:43 am
Re: It could be worse
Shawn Baker -- 2/7/2000, 4:32 pm
Re: I win
Rehd -- 2/6/2000, 2:45 am