Hi again. I seem to get the feeling that there is a consensus that parallel laminations glued together in a curved caul could provide both enough crown and support for crown to function well (strengthwise anayways) if such a panel was oriented perpendicular to the bridge. Without getting into to deep into some of the points Terry brought up just yet, and keeping to the same configuration, my next question is then whether or not cross grain ribbing could be used strictly to equalize bending stiffness ? Cheers, and thanks for all the replies so far. RicB
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