Hi folks! Paul P wrote:

>I suppose that might help, but it works just fine with seasoned wood 
>if 
>you know the trick, i.e. you bend a narrow ribbon about 16 thick x 
45 
>high, and then slice it in the height into 3 bridges worth, plane 
the 
>tops and bottoms, angle the sides with a spokeshave to lines scribed 
>on the top which give you the proper angle (which can change), and 
>Bob's  Ur  Uncle.

You don't need to make it that high. I bend mine against a form (soak 
it for a few hours first) with a stainless steel strap using a heat 
gun. Works a treat! I do my hitchpin rails like that too.  Leave it 
clamped (spring clamps) for a day or two before you shape the top.

 >Nothin' difficult about it all. That is, of course, unless you 
>are a Famous Ruckers Expert who thinks bridges were shaped by 
putting 
>them in some sort of a jig that holds them at the proper angle.
>
Do I detect a note of disbelief here????
>

(of the galley) 
>upon row of benches for the galley slaves, and a long ramming prow. 
>The only modern improvement is a set of four canon strapped to the 
>forecastle, which are immovable;

Can't help feeling sorry for the reverend gentlemen!

>They also have the first true submarine, which had its own oxygen 
>supply and could go to a depth of 30 meters, made in1865, entirely 
out of 
>oak. The inventor died penniless, as nobody could imagine why anyone 
>would want to navigate underwater.
>
This was AFTER the submarine the CSS Hunley had already sunk a Union 
ship in Charleston Harbor in the Ameican Civil War!

Best!

PR

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