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Gut trrp block out of clear soft gfai:eed wood strch as rn redwood, poplar, red cedar, alder or. whlte pbe r:slng t!.e z Ereasur€me:tts g[ven. Cf r euggest usirlg a sbarp band saw and a twelve 1ncb, dlsc sa,ad.er. smooth t'be two top crrrred surfaces so there ar€ no buraps or trollows as if tb.e ehaFe would slmulate two strips of sheet metal curved ln one dj:sestlon with no twist. The two wood sr:rfaces can be painted or flber. glassed to make a banrler gmoother surface Tb.e end w-lth the most sr::nre is for tbe hrff end of th,e sea"n and the flatter end, is for tJre leactr end of the

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Rrt tJre lower Sall p:nel on tJre block 16ltb the ed6e overlappin€l the center of tbe btock about one eightb incb and put s rnark on the block where you bave tJre ]uff end- Tlris will be used to position tb,e luff of aII of tbe searrrs. secrre t'be panel to the bl0ck with paper tape lrttn no wyil]<les. Appiy tbe double sided paper back tape, I su€gest tr?aylock one quart€r inch tape #966, to the ed,ge -tb.e of tb.e panel. Ptrt the next panel on block Jr-rst overlapping t'he paper backed tape and secr:re to block llke y9u_did w-itb the otJrer Fanel. Carrefr:tly r€rnove tb,e bactri-€ of tJre adhesive tape end bur:rlsb tbe !e"t,. TIre luff stafi,iDg mark on the block can be close to tJre rrff end for fuller sa,i1s closer to tbe leaclr end, for flatter gai'l< and. mOre SeF"n< vrllf make firller ga{.ls. Matertals f91, se.ils can be mqtar frrcm tr?ayloc and polyester Film., Melllnex, fiom Ptasttc suppllers about one to gpe rnils

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