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6:50:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes:<BR>
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rial" LANG="0">You're right, sorry. Either would work. I don't recall ever=
hearing of <BR>
anyone cutting curved laminations, but it seems an awful lot of unnecessary =
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time and trouble when you can just bend them.<BR>
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Ron N<BR>
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p; I agree. Also as I recall the whole idea behind curved lamina=
ted ribs is to produce a more uniformly strong rib or in other words somethi=
ng where strength calculations are more predictable If that's the case then =
how many laminations is desireable in a rib say 24 to 28 mm tall? 3mm =
is about all most planers will squeeze down to so seems that 4 or 5 laminati=
ons of 5 or 6 mm would be all thats practical. So far in the few sets =
I've done I think I've used 4 to 5 laminations.<BR>
Dale<BR>
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