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Re: Strip: sheer strip question
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 3/6/2014, 1:54 pm
In Response To: Strip: sheer strip question (aikijay)

Red cedar can be brittle and stiff especially if very dry. In my experience it doesn't respond well to the usual tricks of wetting, steaming or heating. You can try another species for the sheer strip like ash or pine, or you can cut a slot into the end(s) of the strip where the bend is most severe.

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Strip: sheer strip question
aikijay -- 3/5/2014, 11:29 pm
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Allan -- 3/6/2014, 1:22 am
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Don T. -- 3/6/2014, 6:13 am
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aikijay -- 3/6/2014, 7:18 am
Re: Strip: sheer strip Heat Gun.
John Messinger -- 3/6/2014, 7:42 am
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Allan -- 3/6/2014, 3:50 pm
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Don T. -- 3/6/2014, 4:23 pm
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HowieG -- 3/6/2014, 4:25 pm
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John Waddington -- 3/7/2014, 6:14 am
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Olli -- 3/6/2014, 7:14 am
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Jay Stallman -- 3/6/2014, 8:08 am
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Justin -- 3/7/2014, 9:42 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/6/2014, 1:54 pm
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george jung -- 3/7/2014, 8:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/7/2014, 11:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/9/2014, 12:39 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/9/2014, 9:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2014, 1:05 am
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HowieG -- 3/10/2014, 5:14 pm
Re: Strip: sheer strip question *PIC*
ancient kayaker -- 3/10/2014, 7:03 pm
Re: Strip: sheer strip question
Bill Hamm -- 3/11/2014, 1:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/11/2014, 1:18 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/11/2014, 10:19 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/11/2014, 8:49 am
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Tom Cooper -- 3/11/2014, 10:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2014, 1:22 am