<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ve thought about it often. Mine’s OK but no more than OK. It’s been tacked and stapled so often that it looks like it’s had woodworm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I concluded that, when/if I do it, I’ll make it out of layers of marine ply. Make all the layers consistently oversize by about 10%, reduce it down a little with a draw knife then finish it off with one of those sand paper thingies on a foam rubber roller. (Used in an electric drill. Done outside as the sawdust comes off in clouds!) Those things are brilliant for making compound curves in wood. I first used one when I made my eldest daughter a large Victorian style rocking horse. Keeping the original close bow to hand and an accurate set of calipers should get a precise end result. Finish off with epoxy and a layer or two of some sort of sealer/preservative. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’d do it and good luck to you if you do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>richard mayor<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 December 2019 21:45<br><b>To:</b> healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Wood top bow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone made their own wood top bow? As I'm getting ready to order a new wood top bow for my BN7, and seeing the price, I wondered if I could make my own. I have my own little wood shop, band saw, table saw, router, etc. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have not yet disassembled the old top. I was leaving that up to the upholstery shop so they could see how it all goes together. But then I thought, how hard could it be to make one myself? A 4 foot 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" stick of white oak will cost me about $20.00.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>