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Old 12-30-2016, 09:09 PM
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It's starting to take shape but it's not right in front and along the top edge yet. The forward area rolls inward almost 90 degrees within the first 8" or so. I have it almost there but I didn't go go inward far enough with the tucks. The front edge and along the upper front are still about an inch away from the buck.

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I need to go deep into this already shaped panel and do some monster tucks. Rather than beating them in, I whipped up a down and dirty deep throat tucking tool with a 1/2" gap. Then I clamped the panel to a 1/2" steel plate and captured the tucks. After that I smoothed them out on the stump.

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Much better. Next, I used the laser to locate a straight tipping line along the lower edge at the slot in the stringer.

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