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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
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   > On 12/4/2012 11:16 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
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   > The contact cement should give more latitude. I had tried double   
   > stick but it is hard to tug on the mylar.The contact slides until it   
   > sets. In fact you don't have to be that careful of getting out the   
   > ripples initially as they pull out easily after the mylar is on the   
   > frame.   
      
   I've been a theatre set builder and thus practiced stretching the   
   canvas. Since it's stapled before sizing it I could fix my beginner   
   mistakes without wasting material. The glue seems easier.   
      
   > ...   
   > Some of the pieces I've ripped have curved. What should I look for   
   > in feed stock? I think the pieces with tighter/closer grain curve   
   > more. I think the top grain is more critical than the edge grain.   
   > But I really don't know.   
   > Jeff   
      
   When I asked about the very large scrap pile I saw in a custom cabinet   
   shop the owner said he simply bought extra and used whatever warped   
   for firewood.   
      
   I got the Southern Yellow Pine as strips trimmed off doors etc from a   
   kitchen installer, and nowadays saw and plane my own furniture lumber   
   from local high-quality old growth that dies or blows down.   
      
   If you are limited to big box store wood you could buy extra, rip it   
   slightly oversize and pile it up indoors to season. Most of the   
   pressure-treated I've bought recently has dried pretty straight. I   
   rebuilt the outer frames and sills of my windows with it.   
   jsw   
      
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