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>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 02:19:06 +0900
>To: etj@nwlink.com
>From: Bill Payne <bpayne@sanynet.ne.jp>
>Subject: re: NEW HATCH SLIDES FOR 15
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>After thought -
>Steaming a curve into the guide also steams a curve into the slot for the
>hatch - which is almost straight. So then you could have the same problem
>in wood which you had in aluminum.
>Bill
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>That was IM's suggestion when I first put the guide on the boat. But that
>guide from IM is a 2x2 at least and the tea kettle on my stove is not up
>to steaming a 2x2..
>Bill
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>>>Uh Oh...I guess I am returning my "new" slides back to IM (atleast they
>>>said that was ok...). Sounds like enough of us have been thru this curved
>>>coachroof deal already.
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>>Well, are the hatch sides themselves curved, along with the cabintop? Maybe
>>you could steam the slides to bend them. My dad is building a lapstrake boat
>>right now and he's been steaming wood and says it bends real easy once you do
>>that.
>>http://www.nwlink.com
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