A piece if .040 aluminum about 2" wide makes a nice radius guage....Bobby
> At 06:24 AM 1/25/2006, you wrote: >>I understand the blackbird was also designed using a slide rule !!!! >> Thats >>doing things the hard way! Connecta dot sounds a pretty practical >> solution. >> Chris. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > As Mike Turner suggested in a post, I did use a 32 gallon trash can > lid to radius the corners of the turtle deck from horizontal to vertical. > > I determined how high I wanted the turtle deck in the horizontal and > I determined I wanted the sides to rise 7 1/2 inches vertically before > rounding over to the top. I connected these points with the trash can > lid and made a templet for the turtle deck bow that I made with ply > strips and fiberglass. Once located and glued to the top longerons > I simply built the turtle deck to the bow. > > If you know a couple of points on the turtle deck shape, use a couple > of nails at these points and then use a thin piece of ply pulled around > the nails to mark a templet. There is no SINGLE way of doing it. Use > your imagination. > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
