<!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 6.00.2900.2802" 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>In a message dated 2/18/2006 8:30:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, imatunr@srvinet.com writes:</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> <DIV>Hi Dale,</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>An uneducated guess here. Are you also reducing the si= ze of the rib some, seeing that it is also stronger?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=4> HI Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  No.  Even though spruce is a stronger materi= al than the old sugar pine rib, remember that the new crowned spruce rib h= as to carry all the string bearing pressure, that the compression, from th= e old compression crowned board helped support previously, so I actually make = them taller & less wide which increases beam support greatly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  Dale</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>