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Re: Strip: strip building
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/25/2011, 1:53 am
In Response To: Strip: strip building (jwuts)

: Merry Christmas everyone..... I wonder if you builders of the
: expodition Gilly are able to get your wrc beed and cove strips
: to bend to the forms without using cheater strips. I have been
: using a heat gun but still having a lot of trouble. My strips
: are 1/4 inch. I am wondering if I need to use steam and am not
: sure of the best way to get it. I am resisting cheater strip
: because it looks like it would be difficult to use with the beed
: and cove strips. Any thoughts? Joe

Steam is just heat, the only difference between using steam and a heat gun is steam acts on a longer area all at once, the moisture in steam does nothing except get the wood wet.

So if the heat gun isn't working, steam won't help either.

Bill H.

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jwuts -- 12/24/2011, 1:53 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/24/2011, 2:05 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 12/24/2011, 5:52 pm
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jwuts -- 12/24/2011, 6:13 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/24/2011, 6:56 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 12/25/2011, 12:08 am
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les cheeseman -- 12/26/2011, 7:01 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/25/2011, 6:46 pm
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Dwight Lynn -- 12/24/2011, 6:40 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 12/24/2011, 7:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/25/2011, 1:53 am