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Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 11/18/2012, 2:13 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm (Kurt Maurer)

: Get your strongback as perfect as possible in every way. It sucks
: to have a boat you suspect may be off true, so much better to
: have total confidence it's dead-nuts on.

That's good advice if using an 'internal strongback' where the forms have holes for the 'beam'.
As long as an external strongback is stable, it really doesn't have to be perfectly straight. It does make it easier to align the forms (via centerlines and waterlines), which is the critical step in setup, IMO.

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Strip: New build: How perfect should form symmetry be?
Thor -- 11/18/2012, 10:08 am
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
Kurt Maurer -- 11/18/2012, 10:58 am
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
Thor -- 11/18/2012, 12:58 pm
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 11/18/2012, 7:30 pm
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/19/2012, 7:38 am
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/18/2012, 2:13 pm
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/18/2012, 2:28 pm
The worst symmetry mistake
Jay Babina -- 11/19/2012, 7:56 am
Re: The worst symmetry mistake
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 11/19/2012, 10:40 am
Re: The worst symmetry mistake
Will Nettles -- 11/19/2012, 1:11 pm
Re: The worst symmetry mistake
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/19/2012, 2:50 pm
Re: ladder strongback
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 11/19/2012, 5:01 pm
Re: ladder strongback *PIC*
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 11/19/2012, 6:10 pm
Re: ladder strongback *PIC*
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 11/19/2012, 6:29 pm
Re: ladder strongback
Marc Upchurch -- 11/19/2012, 10:48 pm
Re: The worst symmetry mistake
ancient kayaker -- 11/19/2012, 11:08 pm
Re: The worst symmetry mistake
Bill Hamm -- 11/20/2012, 12:53 am
Re: The worst symmetry mistake
mick allen -- 11/20/2012, 12:20 am
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
ChuckS -- 11/19/2012, 8:54 pm
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
Etienne Muller -- 11/20/2012, 4:50 am
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
andy fraser -- 11/21/2012, 9:01 pm
Re: Strip: New build: How perfect should form symm
ancient kayaker -- 11/22/2012, 8:54 am