Bryan,
Not sure what your mean...I glued the ribs at the caps and didn't fill
behind uprights.
Jack
Hi Jack, what did you do at each rib location?
Bryan Green
Elgin SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack" <jack@textors.com>
To: <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:24 AM
Subject: RE: 1/2" web idea. Spar options--one man's method
> This is how I did it. An engineering friend thought the strength would be
> fine. He also thought the wider cap on top would help because caps
> usually
> break in compression first. I'm not an engineer! More pictures on my
> site
> Jack
> www.textors.com
> DSM
>
> Myron, Group----here is how I did my spar and how I would do it again
> proposed in the attached sketch.
>
> I did a cost analysis of both methods and it was pretty much a wash as I
> recall with the proposed method
> being way less work by not having to route out U-channels in those upper
> and
> lower 'caps'.
>
> Mike C.
>
>
>
