10-25-2009, 09:53 PM
Pegging the keel to the cross bars.
![[Image: 9521_184506506203_681611203_3774711_1802240_n.jpg]](http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs268.snc1/9521_184506506203_681611203_3774711_1802240_n.jpg)
The frame or rim and keel system all together, pegged, glued, and stable.
![[Image: 9521_184506571203_681611203_3774720_3740136_n.jpg]](http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs248.snc1/9521_184506571203_681611203_3774720_3740136_n.jpg)
At this point, the whole system is under tension, and I SUSPECT that if I were a better woodworker, I could have done the whole thing with friction.
Now I'm putting the "willow strips" on. Mine are pine or spruce, and they are the only stripps I could get--ridges screen door edge at $1 a foot. They worked splendidly, and in summer time, I'd split my own ash, the way we do making baskets. But please ignore the stripe effect or the ridges.
![[Image: 9521_184506591203_681611203_3774724_4242453_n.jpg]](http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs268.snc1/9521_184506591203_681611203_3774724_4242453_n.jpg)
The frame or rim and keel system all together, pegged, glued, and stable.
At this point, the whole system is under tension, and I SUSPECT that if I were a better woodworker, I could have done the whole thing with friction.
Now I'm putting the "willow strips" on. Mine are pine or spruce, and they are the only stripps I could get--ridges screen door edge at $1 a foot. They worked splendidly, and in summer time, I'd split my own ash, the way we do making baskets. But please ignore the stripe effect or the ridges.
Qui plus fait, miex vault.
