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Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
By:Kevin Greer
Date: 5/5/2014, 10:20 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight (Pat FLanagan)

Pat, you are on the right track. The more accurate you make the strongback, the less work is needed in adjusting/aligning the stations. If you have Nick's book, he describes on aligning the stations in detail.
The strongback that I built using plywood seems to wrap/bend at the butt joints. I think it is related to the tensil strength of the joints as the glue sets up. This why I place some weights on the strongback while laid flat on a concrete floor.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Strongback is not straight
Pat FLanagan -- 5/4/2014, 3:18 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Lomic -- 5/4/2014, 3:22 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Pat FLanagan -- 5/4/2014, 3:28 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Kevin Greer -- 5/4/2014, 3:33 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Pat FLanagan -- 5/4/2014, 3:34 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Bill Hamm -- 5/5/2014, 12:07 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/4/2014, 3:44 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Paul Davies -- 5/4/2014, 4:01 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Marc Upchurch -- 5/4/2014, 5:56 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
John Messinger -- 5/4/2014, 6:15 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
John Messinger -- 5/4/2014, 6:24 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Pat Flanagan -- 5/4/2014, 7:03 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
wanderfalk -- 5/5/2014, 1:18 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
John Messinger -- 5/5/2014, 6:28 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Jay Babina -- 5/5/2014, 7:29 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Kevin Greer -- 5/5/2014, 11:06 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Marc Upchurch -- 5/5/2014, 1:01 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Pat FLanagan -- 5/5/2014, 9:50 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Kevin Greer -- 5/5/2014, 10:20 pm
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Bill Hamm -- 5/6/2014, 12:12 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight *PIC*
Martin Bunny -- 5/6/2014, 1:58 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
Bill Hamm -- 5/7/2014, 9:50 am
Re: Strip: Strongback is not straight
A. Edie -- 5/5/2014, 11:42 pm