<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Why not? A little experimentation should yield a system with = similar spring/support to it. My question is what would it sound like?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><BR> </DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <FONT size=3> <STRONG>Ric</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG>   My vote,  a definite no, = straight up.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG>  Dale</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2><STRONG>What I was curious about and still havent gotten a = straight up answer <BR>too,</STRONG> is whether or not a laminate board = laminated over a curved caul <BR>with the grain all going in the same = direction <STRONG>could achieve the same <BR>crown and crown support as a = ribbed board with ribs going perpendicular</STRONG> <BR>to the grain.  I.e. = the strength of the laminant panel along the grain <BR>compared to the = strength of the ribbed board along the ribs.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>