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Posted by mindesign on June 14, 2007, 5:06 pm
Exactly - 3 inch side is nailed and 1 inch is the impact surface ....
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>> "mindesign"> wrote
>> > for the principle impact surface..... that is; the first several feet -
>> > American Rock Maple, probably 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick, nailed
> face
>> > to face to provide the 1 inch revealed edge and the impact surface.
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>> I don't think you mean nailed face to face.
>> The *face* is the top.
>> The sides are the edge.
>> The alley I did was edge nailed, and the edges are kept tight with a
>> hydraulic jack while the pieces are being nailed.
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> If I understand him correctly, he's saying the 3" surfaces are joined
> together, thus the 1" 'edges' forms the actual lane you see - picture a
> (3)2x12 beam only with much smaller boards and lots more of them - maybe a
> (42)1x3???
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> HTH,
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> Michael (LS)
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