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Re: Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/1/2008, 1:35 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of (bill stupak)

: I used cedar for my stringers, and I tried to pick out the lightest ones
: (maybe not the best thing for this application). Your pine stringers are
: probably a lot stiffer than WRC.

: Bill

What'd you cover it with? Some covers can crush frames. Comparing two frames one done in nylon that can't be heat shrunk with a similiar frame covered with cotton or dacron that can easily be shrunk can give dramatically different results.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of. *LINK* *Pic*
Kudzu -- 11/30/2008, 8:31 am
More progress *Pic*
Kudzu -- 12/4/2008, 7:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of
bill stupak -- 11/30/2008, 8:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2008, 1:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of
Kudzu -- 11/30/2008, 9:35 am
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bill stupak -- 11/30/2008, 1:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2008, 1:35 am
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bill stupak -- 12/1/2008, 12:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2008, 1:55 pm
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bill stupak -- 12/1/2008, 5:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/2/2008, 12:44 am
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Dave Gentry -- 11/30/2008, 10:52 am
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Kudzu -- 11/30/2008, 5:28 pm
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danper -- 11/30/2008, 12:48 pm