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Best way to construct a curved piece for strength

by "Vic Baron" <vgbaron@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jul 3, 2008 at 02:01 PM

Planning a quilt rack. Current favorite design is a pair simple inverted
U's 
with cross bars between them. Material will be either 4/4 mahogany or Red 
Oak.

My problem is in considering grain direction for good looks and strength. 
One way would be  two straight legs with a small inverted U on top. 
Another 
would be for each leg to have half of the full arch on top and be joined
at 
the top. My concern is the cross grain in the arch. Wouldn't this be very 
weak or would it be ok in this application?

Thanx,

Vic

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who don't!
 




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Best way to construct a curved piece for strength
"Vic Baron" <  2008-07-03 14:01:41 
Re: Best way to construct a curved piece for strength
dpb <none@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-07-03 16:06:27 
Re: Best way to construct a curved piece for strength
"Lee Michaels"   2008-07-03 17:13:29 
Re: Best way to construct a curved piece for strength
"Vic Baron" <  2008-07-04 09:11:32 
Re: Best way to construct a curved piece for strength
Chris Friesen <cbf123@  2008-07-04 13:28:15 

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