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[Mary K]

Mary. I really like the grain on your roof skin. Are you making a woody?

Thanks and Yep, you bet cha!!!

I can not wait to get the Spar Urethane on it to see how its gonna look.

Mk

[Steve Frederick]

Very nice MK! Looks great!
My favorite clamps==the gravity concentrators!!

[Mary K]

Very nice MK! Looks great!
My favorite clamps==the gravity concentrators!!

Thanks Steve!

Yes, those are the best clamps. But it seems that there is another gravity cavity possessing my hatch. It's even repelling the sand bads

Mk

[toypusher]

................... But it seems that there is another gravity cavity possessing my hatch. It's even repelling the sand bads

Mk

Mary,

It may be a bit of extra work, but you could make a cradle to the exact shape of the hatch. then place your skin in and the hatch on top of that. You will be able to apply lots more gravity to it in this manner. If you made a pattern for your spars then just use that to make the cradle. I think that 4 supports would to the trick.

Or flip it all over and put the cradle on top of the hatch.

[Mary K]

Mary,

It may be a bit of extra work, but you could make a cradle to the exact shape of the hatch. then place your skin in and the hatch on top of that. You will be able to apply lots more gravity to it in this manner. If you made a pattern for your spars then just use that to make the cradle. I think that 4 supports would to the trick.

Or flip it all over and put the cradle on top of the hatch.

Hmmm... Ya got an idea there... we will be trying more sand BAGS tonight and if that doesn't do it, then we might have to try your idea. But that is a lot of work though...

Thanks Kerry, I appreciate your help.

Mk

[toypusher]

Mary,

It may be a bit of extra work, but you could make a cradle to the exact shape of the hatch. then place your skin in and the hatch on top of that. You will be able to apply lots more gravity to it in this manner. If you made a pattern for your spars then just use that to make the cradle. I think that 4 supports would to the trick.

Or flip it all over and put the cradle on top of the hatch.

Hmmm... Ya got an idea there... we will be trying more sand BAGS tonight and if that doesn't do it, then we might have to try your idea. But that is a lot of work though...

Thanks Kerry, I appreciate your help.

Mk

It really is not that much work, but you do need some materials. You could use cheap sheathing materials and some 2x2s or 2x4 to build one.

Something like this:

[forestfrog]

Looks great MaryK!!!!