Crusty, eh? Listen, back when I was a kid, I had to walk 10 miles to school, through snow, uphill (both directions).

The >180 degrees was because I thought there would be some spring-back when I removed the clamps. There wasn't any. It was my intention to make the legs parallel.

The legs were trimmed flush to the underside of the test panel - no fillet.

Ross

> Ross,

> The loop somehow looked smaller in your 'tease' picture. I assume you bent
> it back >180 degrees to make it sort of force-fit in the hole? Is it
> flush to the underside of the deck, or does it protrude a bit so you can
> put a bit of a fillet underneath?

> You'll find this funny: I've seen pictures of a few of you guys here on
> this bulletin board -- Nick and Eric from Nick's book, Mike from his
> oft-posted pic of him next to his Arctic Tern, etc. But I hadn't seen a
> picture of you until I looked at your revised site today. Somehow I
> figured that due to your level of craftsmanship, you must have been some
> crusty old bearded guy. Maybe I've seen too many woodworking shows on
> PBS...;-)

> Dean