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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/24/2014, 12:46 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre (Marc Upchurch)

I've always used electrical ties to temporarily hold the joints then epoxy them and only remove the ties after the epoxy cures. I also add filets, it's not a fast process though. Works for me, built a bunch of them that way.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or screws
MattGeerts -- 8/21/2014, 11:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre
john vanburen -- 8/21/2014, 3:27 pm
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MattGeerts -- 8/21/2014, 3:40 pm
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Robert W -- 8/21/2014, 3:34 pm
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MattGeerts -- 8/21/2014, 3:44 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/21/2014, 5:32 pm
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Peter Lord -- 8/22/2014, 4:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre
MattGeerts -- 8/22/2014, 8:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/22/2014, 4:59 pm
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Robert W -- 8/22/2014, 7:52 am
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Peter Lord -- 8/22/2014, 9:15 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/22/2014, 9:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre
Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2014, 12:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre *PIC*
Mike Hanks -- 8/24/2014, 1:54 am
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Ben Alexander -- 8/26/2014, 3:25 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre
Bill Hamm -- 8/26/2014, 4:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Lashing vs glued dowels or scre
George Grosh -- 8/28/2014, 1:42 pm