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Perfect alignment from tight string
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 7/26/2009, 6:47 pm
In Response To: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat? (Mike Dangelo)

As long as your strongback is stable, a tight string stretched along its length will provide a perfectly straight line for aligning your forms. Fast, simple, cheap, and the gold-standard for boatbuilding since Noah.

PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat?
Mike Dangelo -- 7/21/2009, 9:40 pm
Perfect alignment from tight string
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/26/2009, 6:47 pm
Re: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat? *LINK*
Ian Johnson -- 7/22/2009, 5:13 pm
Re: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat?
Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2009, 1:54 am
Re: Strip: Imperfect Strongback Perfect Boat?
Mike Dangelo -- 7/22/2009, 8:36 am
No, it's not essential.
Simeon -- 7/21/2009, 10:32 pm