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Offline Sundog

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Re: Metric plans?
« Reply #20 on: December 24, 2015, 12:43:06 am »
Hey Jim

My comment was based on the plan link I provided that shows 3/8 inch rails.  I have never purchased a bottom board. I too made mine with a 3/4 inch bottom rail.  Made my first one with a dado like the plans and the water got in and it failed along those edges first.  After that I stacked layers.



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Re: Metric plans?
« Reply #21 on: December 24, 2015, 07:05:27 am »
Good photo Sundog.
When I started making the bottom boards, the inside looked like yours. I then found that the SHB and mites were landing on that edge instead of falling through. I try to make the ledge (which is for attaching the #8 wire) as small as possible. 
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Re: Metric plans?
« Reply #22 on: December 24, 2015, 02:10:28 pm »
Quote from: sawdstmakr on December 24, 2015, 07:05:27 am
...I try to make the ledge (which is for attaching the #8 wire) as small as possible. 

Good point, Jim.
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