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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Staples
By:Pawistik
Date: 4/2/2009, 2:57 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Staples (Etienne Muller)

: I've never built SOF, but I wonder, could you use bronze ring nails and leave
: them in?

: Et
It could take a lot of them, but yes, you could. With the staples, you tack it in place with wide spacing first, then come along and pull things tight re-stapling with many taples and close spacing. In the end the hull skin can be pulled rather taut with this method.
Bryan

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Staples
Darren -- 4/1/2009, 1:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Staples
Etienne Muller -- 4/1/2009, 6:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Staples
Pawistik -- 4/2/2009, 2:57 pm
Staples for what?
Jay Babina -- 4/1/2009, 8:27 am
Re: Staples for what?
Darren -- 4/1/2009, 5:29 pm
Re: Staples for what?
John Gilman -- 4/2/2009, 9:01 am
Re: Staples for what?
Bill Hamm -- 4/2/2009, 12:41 am
Re: Staples for what?
Allan -- 4/1/2009, 6:22 pm
Re: Staples for what? *LINK*
Pawistik -- 4/1/2009, 12:50 pm
Staples - Go with good ones
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/4/2009, 8:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Staples
Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2009, 4:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Staples
FrankP -- 4/1/2009, 8:19 am