<!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>  <FONT size=3> <STRONG>Ric</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG>   My vote,  a definite no, strai= ght 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 straig= ht 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>cou= ld achieve the same <BR>crown and crown support as a ribbed board with ribs g= oing 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></FONT></BODY></HTML>