Re: built up spars

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Subject:		Re: built up spars
From:		Jim Markle (jim_markle@mindspring.com)
Date:		Thu Nov 19 - 5:18 AM

>For us cheapskates still trying to use thinner and
>less expensive stock and either scarfing or laminating
>things so we don't have to use long expensive pieces of
>clear wood, and trying to use plywood for the web rather
>than spruce planks, the approach becomes one of
>engineering a built-up section with equivalent strength.
>This is where I am right now, and Jim Markle knows why ;o)
> 

WHAT?  Who, me????  Uhhh, I'll just say that lighter (with equivalent strength)
is always better!