: Yes, thats a rolling bevel. The angle of which at midpt betw the form and the
: end is almost in line w/ your eyes in the photo. If you run a flat file
: along the bevel, pointing the end down(inline w/ yr eyes in the middle) -
: perpendic at the form, to bisecting the angle bewt the sheer and the ctr
: pcs at the end, you'll get a pretty good approximation of the rolling
: bevel. Pretty easy to approximate here espec as it(the roll - it still
: bevels) doesn't run past a form. (I'd run it past a bit.

: If the strip is havig a hard time twisting - keep it long at first and twist
: w/ clamps, or steam it -(maybe using the flexible steamer I yapped abt in
: a prior post), or steam iron and wet rag or heat gun, or from the end to
: the form only cut a rip line right down the centre of the strip w/ a razor
: saw so just that part is in 2 more easily handlable or staircasable pcs -
: may not even see it when glued up - the grain, everything'll match.

: You're having probs just because you didn't anticipate it earlier. If you
: start the bevel just a little early, before the form and started rolling
: it, you'd be surprised at how well it goes.

: -mick

Thanks everyone for your help. I have it all printed out and I will just set down in front of this mess and try to visualize it. I can antisipate another problem,,, that even with a perfect fit, when I fair it round between the haul and the deck I will distort the pine highlight strip and will have to cut out and splice in wood to take care of this. Just think, I get to do this four times. UGG. What do others do to avoid this problem in the first place? I feel I should be in a corner with a dunce hat on.

John