<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Don</DIV> <DIV>   Thanks. This is great info.</DIV> <DIV> Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =3><FONT size=3>Dale,<BR><BR>I worked with one of these in the 80s, and the case = sides are built up over the pinblock, and the case side covers a large bolt that= goes down through the pinblock into the front extensions of the rim. = Get some nice veneer that matches before you begin!<BR><BR>The stretcher desig= n is very strong, so don't approach this as if the design is flawed, only that = the piece of wood that this stretcher was made from had a problem.  Your = idea of using pinblock wood is fine, but getting a nice veneer over the edge of= fine laminations can be a problem.<BR><BR>Good luck!<BR><BR>Don</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>