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an interesting thing I came up with to lay out the shape of

Postby willy1959 » Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:30 pm

Was looking around in the shop, and spied my flexible exhuasts that i use to run my cars fumes out side, they really work nice, stiff enough to hold a shape, easy enough to "tweak" a little to taste
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the shape i decided on, if i dont go with a kit.

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Postby Green Hornet » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:30 pm

I used a pool noodle floatee! :lol:
Your's is better cuz it holds the shape :applause:
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Postby dtrdwngfn » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:17 am

I used a 1/16 X 8' of an inch slice of 2X4 and a few screws to get my curves drawn out.
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Postby TRAIL-OF-TEARS » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:17 pm

I just printed mine out full size (took six 36X48 sheets) taped it to the ply and cut her out, paper and all.
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Postby TonyCooper » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:24 pm

I used 1/8" or 3/16" diameter x 8' long dowels and a few nails at key points... Not my idea - Kevin at KuffelCreek suggests it in his plans.

Inexpensive and works like a charm.
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Postby john » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:47 pm

I drew my profile on some homemade graph paper (two sheets of lined paper stacked, one of which was turned 90 deg.). Each square =ed 6".

Then I reproduced the graph on the plywood with a snaped chalk line each 6".

After that I was able to reproduce my profile square by square from the paper onto the ply.

Just one more method.

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An interesting thing to lay out the shape

Postby gerry boucher » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:27 pm

Hi
I used the garage door track curve for my shape and hatch. It worked great.
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Re: An interesting thing to lay out the shape

Postby willy1959 » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:54 pm

gerry boucher wrote:Hi
I used the garage door track curve for my shape and hatch. It worked great.
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