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Re: Strip: starting those first strips
By:george jung
Date: 7/7/2009, 12:00 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: starting those first strips (Bill Hamm)

: I'd bet the 3/4" will bend to the sheer, the heat gun does help alot. An
: awful lot will depend on any patterns you want to make. If it's all just
: random WRC the strip placement really doesn't matter much as it's really
: hard to see the grain unless you're a foot away assuming it's all similiar
: color.

: Bill H.

That's good to know... because I'm having no luck finding narrower strips! I'm thinking I may split the first few rows, to establish the shear, then relax it a bit and fill with cheaters. Thanks.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: starting those first strips
george jung -- 7/3/2009, 7:59 pm
Re: Strip: starting those first strips *LINK*
Rod Tait -- 7/5/2009, 12:19 pm
Don't worry
Jay Babina -- 7/5/2009, 10:48 am
Re: Don't worry
george jung -- 7/6/2009, 12:01 am
Re: Don't worry
george jung -- 7/5/2009, 7:49 pm
Storm LT building log
Jay Babina -- 7/5/2009, 9:19 pm
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
Bill Hamm -- 7/5/2009, 12:19 am
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
george jung -- 7/5/2009, 10:04 am
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2009, 12:28 am
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2009, 12:25 am
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
george jung -- 7/6/2009, 9:14 am
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2009, 8:11 pm
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
george jung -- 7/7/2009, 12:00 am
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
Bill Hamm -- 7/7/2009, 8:21 pm
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
george jung -- 7/7/2009, 11:24 pm
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
Bill Hamm -- 7/12/2009, 12:50 am
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
Kurt Maurer -- 7/4/2009, 7:03 pm
Re: Strip: starting those first strips
george jung -- 7/4/2009, 9:27 pm