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Re: forms
By:Rehd
Date: 12/14/2000, 9:05 pm
In Response To: forms (brian)

: I am a new woodworker starting out on a boat. When I was cutting the forms
: the paper would come off the wood messing up my cuts. How close should the
: cut forms fit the orignal forms. mine are not to bad, the rounded points
: on a couple of the forms are off

Hi Brian

Can you tell just how far your cuts are inside the form lines? If off just a pinch, you can add a little masking tape in that area until it builds up to the right height and then put the duct tape over it to strip over. If it's just inside the line, one piece should do it. If its 1/8" inside, then maybe a splinter of wood and tape it. One thing about wood, it's forgiving and can be corrected in one manner or another. If you are just waivering back and forth across the line, you could probably just sand it down so about the same amount of line shows all around. This isn't rocket siense...sience...cien.... Well, it's not that difficult. :) Try to get the curves relatively smooth and you should be O.K. ;)

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

forms
brian -- 12/14/2000, 8:14 pm
Re: forms
Chris Menard -- 12/15/2000, 8:04 am
Re: forms
Rehd -- 12/14/2000, 9:05 pm