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• A question for the woodworkers...
  • ...I neglected to say it is Teak.
    • ...and upon second and third measurment I should need only a one inch deflection.
      • ...it will go here (this time there really is a photo)
        • ...between the bulkhead and the hatch
        • That should go.
          • YOu might like to clamp it in place and predrill a mite if possible.
            • Long stick up from the sole perhaps, too.
              • long sticks a good idea too!
  • bandsaw
    • i'm going to put it up on the flat John
      • I see that now from your other resonses
  • Ronn- I just went out to the shop, picked up a piece of teak 1 1/4 x 3/8 x 40 inches
    • Of course I assume you are bending on the flat. If on the 2 1/2 dimension
      • Yes Charlie, on the flat - it will fill the gap between the hatch trim and the bulkhead...
        • not really- if you can hold the bend with something, like a piece of line
  • Wouldn't the 1/2" stock easily make the bend?
    • ...dammed if I know, I was thinking maybe I should steam it and then
    • I ain't no woodworker either... but...
  • Mine are a litle less than 1/2"
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  • Put it in a bar clamp for a few days
    • Agreed. It will bend easily if there is something to glue or screw to
  • You guys have given me some excellent tips...