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Re: S&G: shear clamps: bevel for inside boat?
By:Tom Raymond
Date: 12/8/2008, 2:33 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: shear clamps: bevel for inside boat? (fred Gasper)

: You could bevel it with your table or band saw before you attach it. or even
: ease it with a plane or sureform. No need to borrow tools when it will
: take very little work with hand tolls you already have. This of course
: assumes you've used a softer wood like pine for the shear clamp. I'd go
: for the router if I used purpleheart or a wood of similar hardness.

Purpleheart shear clamps?!! I hope you enjoy being stuffed head first into your cockpit, you'll never see them otherwise ;^)

Tom

Sorry, I feel better now.

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S&G: shear clamps: bevel for inside boat?
wwfloyd -- 12/2/2008, 10:52 pm
Re: S&G: shear clamps: bevel for inside boat?
Etienne Muller -- 12/5/2008, 12:44 pm
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wwfloyd -- 12/3/2008, 8:59 pm
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LeeG -- 12/8/2008, 1:04 pm
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wwfloyd -- 12/8/2008, 6:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/9/2008, 1:19 am
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LeeG -- 12/14/2008, 6:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2008, 12:38 am
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fred Gasper -- 12/3/2008, 10:41 pm
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Tom Raymond -- 12/8/2008, 2:33 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 12/3/2008, 9:02 am
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Kyle H. -- 12/3/2008, 10:47 am
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Justin5 -- 12/3/2008, 12:24 pm
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johne -- 12/3/2008, 12:54 pm
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Fred -- 12/3/2008, 7:43 am
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JohnK -- 12/2/2008, 11:56 pm
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wwfloyd -- 12/3/2008, 12:19 am