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Re: Strip: cutting the strongback to length.
By:Mike Scarborough
Date: 6/21/2009, 10:24 am
In Response To: Strip: cutting the strongback to length. (george jung)

Can't say I've done it, but the traditional way to make angled cuts like that in large keel timbers is to mark both sides ACCURATELY and cut it with a hand saw, first a little on one side, then a little on the other and so on, being careful to follow the lines on BOTH sides. This would be the ideal time to have a sharp, well-tuned handsaw.

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Strip: cutting the strongback to length.
george jung -- 6/20/2009, 11:56 pm
Re: Strip: cutting the strongback to length.
mike allen -- 6/21/2009, 4:36 pm
Re: Strip: cutting the strongback to length. *Pic*
mike allen -- 6/21/2009, 5:17 pm
Re: Strip: cutting the strongback to length.
george jung -- 6/22/2009, 2:22 pm
Re: Strip: cutting the strongback to length.
Mike Scarborough -- 6/21/2009, 10:24 am
Cut it close, then clean it up with a plane.
Brian Nystrom -- 6/21/2009, 11:08 am
Re: Cut it close, then clean it up with a plane.
Roy Morford -- 6/23/2009, 10:36 am
Re: Cut it close, then clean it up with a plane.
Bill Hamm -- 6/23/2009, 8:46 pm
Re: Strip: cutting the strongback to length.
george jung -- 6/21/2009, 10:51 am
Re: Strip: cutting the strongback to length.
Bill Hamm -- 6/21/2009, 12:36 am