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 Post subject: Making gobars
PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:36 am 
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Hi all. For those of you that make your own gobars from strips of wood, I was wondering what dimensions you try to shoot for. I've seen some pictures on here that look like some use about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick by 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide strips of oak. It's hard to estimate the true dimensions from the pictures though. Thanks.

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 Post subject: Re: Making gobars
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I use red oak and make them 1/4" x 3/4" and 4' longer than the distance between decks. That's worked well for me.

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 Post subject: Re: Making gobars
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That's what I needed to know. Thanks for the info.

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 Post subject: Re: Making gobars
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I think he means 4" longer than the space between the decks. 4' is gonna be dangerous! wow7-eyes

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 Post subject: Re: Making gobars
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Thanks for clearing that up Waddy. laughing6-hehe

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