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Originally Posted by Dick Carne
I hope these thoughts may be of some benefit. Regardless, good luck in getting your top back to a condition you are comfortable with.
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Thanks, Dick.
You are quite correct, when I set up the top, I had no idea that the hooked end of the the #2 bow was supposed to lock - like you, I've seem a number of pictures where it had dropped!
The weld you point out is not only obvious, but is not perfectly straight, so I will need to repair it.
Brent's approach with strips of hardwood sounds very similar to your description (noting that pine is a soft wood, however). The message I get from both of you is that wood strips with additional glue, etc are important as much for structural support as being a good tacking surface.
i've got to do some planning for this big project over the winter months!
