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Re: Strip: aligning forms on strongback
By:PatrickC
Date: 9/23/2008, 8:52 pm

i am about to align forms on an internal 2x4 strongback....

what ...start aligning them at the rear? I will try it.

My method has been to string them all on...sandwich the forms
in place with small blocks as usual...get them close...then shoot
an additional screw into one block to put a really tight squeeze on the forms.
(this additional screw goes between the form and the screw already in the block)

then nudge things into alignment over and over and over...flip it upside down and do it again...flip it back over and check it...glue it in place.

: Are you using an internal or external strongback?
: If external did you start at the back end and finish with the front? If that
: is the case you will have trouble as the bow is higher than the stern, so
: upside down needs more space under it than the stern.
: JohnK

Messages In This Thread

Strip: aligning forms on strongback
Paul Killen -- 9/23/2008, 5:43 pm
Re: Strip: aligning forms on strongback
JohnK -- 9/23/2008, 6:53 pm
Re: Strip: aligning forms on strongback
PatrickC -- 9/23/2008, 8:52 pm
Re: Strip: aligning forms on strongback
JohnK -- 9/23/2008, 9:31 pm
Re: Strip: aligning forms on strongback
paul killen -- 9/24/2008, 4:24 am
Re: Strip: aligning forms on strongback
mike allen -- 9/24/2008, 5:31 am
Re: Strip: aligning forms on strongback
Mike Scarborough -- 9/23/2008, 5:51 pm