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   IanDG | Oct 13, 2002 06:40am | #1

   Buy a length of 2" x 1" aluminium box section

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   alank11 | Oct 13, 2002 06:47am | #2

   Thanks for the suggestion and sorry for my ignorance but, what is an aluuminum box section and where does one obtain one?

   Thanks again,

   Alan

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   BG | Oct 13, 2002 12:47pm | #4

   Alank,

   You can get as fancy as you want with the jig solution....and there are several out there.  Rectangular shaped aluminum (sp?)attached to a piece of 1/4 ply and then a pass with the router and a 1/2 bit gives me a template/jig that is easy to set up and secure in the execution.  The big box stores carry the aluminum..

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   patternmaker | Oct 13, 2002 04:10pm | #5

   A box section is nothing more than a hollow tube,

   in this case aluminum.

   It is made by a process known as extruding.

   When you press a tube of tooth paste,you have extruded the paste onto the brush.

   Aluminum alloy is brought to a plastic state,and under great pressure,squirted thru a die.The die determines the shape of the finished product.

   The shape is supported a it travels down the machine and is cut to pre determined lengths. After being cooled down some,but still hot,it is grasped by a set of jaws and streched in length to a pre determined amount. This stretching is to improve the straightness of the product.This process is an awsome thing to watch.One of the large producers is Alcoa.

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   Edited 10/13/2002 9:30:53 AM ET by Pat

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   JPGrout | Oct 13, 2002 06:52am | #3

   Alan I have one of these http://search.netscape.com/redir.adp?appname=MS&query=Tru%2dGrip%20FT8TS%208%27%20Tru%2dGrip%20Pro%20FTR%20Series&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eamazon%2ecom%2fexec%2fobidos%2fASIN%2fB0000224DB%2f&datasource=Google&partner=Google&clickedItemRank=1&requestId=cns149504&component=websearch.google.http.tcl&searchType=MS&clickedItemType=MS&brand=NSCP&query=Tru%2dGrip%20FT8TS%208%27%20Tru%2dGrip%20Pro%20FTR%20Series&view=nscp_portal&channel=nscp_portal&source=NSCPTop&invocationType=-

   Sorry about the long link It is very accurate and the accessories make it that much better. I inlayed about forty interior doors with two parallel decortive moldings and used this guide to make the stopped grooves to mount the molding in. I could think of other ways to do it but not one would have been as accurate, quick and easy as this was Joe

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   Splintie | Oct 14, 2002 06:25am | #9

   Hi, Joe. If you want to make a hot link, copy the address of the link, then select (highlight) a word or phrase in your post which is relevant. Hit the icon right under the "color" selection drop-down that looks sort of like a blue globe. A dialogue box will appear. Paste the address in that dialogue box and hit "OK"; the URL will be linked to the highlighted word or phrase.

   If you did it right, the word or phrase should now be highlighted and a person can merely click on it to go to where you linked. Like so:

   Alan I have one of these.

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   forestgirl | Oct 14, 2002 06:45am | #11

   Splintie, you've disillusioned me!  Here I had this image of you typing in HTML casual as a walk in the park!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   Splintie | Oct 14, 2002 07:03am | #13

   Heap Too Many Languages?

   Sgian Dubh tried to teach me some of that <a href=etc. stuff in the old forum, but now i just reach for a vibrant color and a fresh, new font when i want to express myself.

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   JPGrout | Oct 14, 2002 06:50am | #12

   Huh???

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   Splintie | Oct 14, 2002 07:11am | #14

   Oh, come on, Joe, try it. You know you want to...

   ...um, come to think of it, maybe you don't have all these icons and stuff if your machine/OS isn't favored by this software. Do you have places over the box you type in to select font, size, color...all that jazz?

   If not, i won't bother you any more. If you do, i will. Just in case it matters to you...

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   JPGrout | Oct 14, 2002 07:54am | #15

   Uh, no Splintie I just have the message title my name and your name. I suppose that has to do with using Netscape to run this.I can't bring myself to change, it took long enough to figure this one out. Oh well Joe BTW It don't really matter does it :-)

   Edited 10/14/2002 12:57:57 AM ET by JOEGROUT

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   Splintie | Oct 14, 2002 08:55am | #16

   Well, there's still a way to do a link, but it involves coding and no, it's not really worth it. I made the suggestion only bec when you have a long link in your text, it makes the box wider and a person has to scroll across to read your message. At least in my screen (IE) it does--your mileage may vary.

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   IanDG | Oct 14, 2002 09:19am | #17

   Oh, come on -- it's simple even for "onset senility" like me.I use 'Opera' as a browser Joe, so I have the same problem as you -- I don't get the options available to the IE crowd either.Here's the code that you have to type in to make a word in your sentence a "hot" link.Come and visit my wonderful <a href="http://www.iandgilham.com">SITE </a>

   "SITE" is the hot link wordRed text is mandatory, Blue text is optionalthe address of the site goes between " " in place of the address of my site that's there at present.

   Edited 10/14/2002 4:38:51 AM ET by IanDG

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   bobpowers | Oct 13, 2002 07:21pm | #6

   Visit a local wallpaper supply store and look at an extruded aluminum paperhanger's straightedge.  I have used one for years, and wouldn't be without it.

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   Adrian | Oct 13, 2002 08:07pm | #7

   Take a look at these: in combination with a template guide and a good insert router bit, this is the best thing I've come across.

   http://www.pinske-edge.com/catalogu/edges.htmcabinetmaker/college instructor. Cape Breton, N.S

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   mrbird90 | Oct 14, 2002 04:13am | #8

   Alan,

   I went to a local cabinet shop that has one of those  computer operated saws for cutting plywood sheets. Those systems are very accurately and I had them cut me a strip of 1/2"  plywood 3" wide by 96" long. It is very accurate and has worked well for many years.

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   observer | Oct 14, 2002 06:36am | #10

   I use strips of MDF cut to required width and jointed just before use. As long as your jointer is set up accurately, you get a straight strip every time you need one.

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   AlanTurner | Oct 14, 2002 04:30pm | #18

   I bought one of the 8' straight edge clamps when building 3 pair of french storm doors of mahogany. All three pairs were different sizes, but each was over 7' tall. I had no jointer at the time. So, I bought one of those, and used it clamped to the edge of the stock, slightly overhanging, and used a TS for a jointer. Worked quite well. Good quality tool.

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   Dokeyone | Oct 15, 2002 02:20am | #19

   o to a steel supplier and get a length of 1/4" x 5" or 6" cold rolled steel flatbar. It comes in lengths up to 20 feet.  Pete

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   Upraiser | Oct 15, 2002 03:00am | #20

   Lots of interesting ideas, but if you go down to your local tile, carpet, lino store and take a look at the straight edge that these craftsmen use all the time, you will find what you are looking for.   I cannot guarantee they have an 8' one, but likly they do.

   I have a 6'  found at a garage sale,  I stole it for $20. 

    It has enought weight to stay put.  It is used for a lot of different things around my shop.   It works great to cut formica, carpet, vinyl, mark plywood, thick enough to run a saw or router against and it will not flex like the aluminum ones do.

   Curt