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On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:14:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Sep 3, 8:50*am, wrote:
On Sep 3, 8:46*am, (Richard Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 20:53:17 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I have been fixing the MiniCup sailboats (homebuilt 12') and there is
something about working with wood that seems relaxing compared to
working with metal. *I think it is because mistakes are less costly,
tolerances are more like .0625 instead of .0005"

Some people build welded boats, and they often cut the plates with a
torch. To a tolerance of perhaps .0625 or even greater. If the plates
don't quite meet you just use more rod.

Casady

Although I don't use it much for boats, I have an incra-jig for wood
that has a repeatability of 1/500th of an inch...

That's all well and fine, but the tolerance will exceed that because
wood just isn't very stable. It shrinks and swells a lot due to
temperature and moisture.

Sorta like Scotty's intellect.