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You can see the results of the new bows and bow-sides here, when we were privileged to honor our local veterans! http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?109289-Parade-Cargo-Cover-up-or-no-cover&p=1387442#post1387442

Thanks Woodsplinter! I was incredibly pleased with the result! Though I was surprised at the amount of time it took to sand the new wood, and then belt sand and finish sand the old bows. Which was ALL DAY. I blame the 100 degree weather that caused me to move my work station twice as the...

Thanks again for the valuable information, here's my newly finished bow sides and re-finished bows. The new bow sides are a little wider (2 1/2" vs 2 3/8"), but they're thinner (3/4" vs 15/16"). I still think they work very well. I ended up going with poplar wood over oak for several reasons...

I went an remeasured mine. Looks like most of them are actually 7/8" thick, a few are 3/4". I was at the local Lowes Home Improvement store here and they sell 8' oak or poplar boards. I'll probably go with the oak as that seems to be recommended from other threads. Thanks eagle4g63 for the...

Well, in my several hour forum search yesterday and today if it had been posted I would think I would have found it by then. But I suppose I'll have to add some "CAD" key words to the search string. Thanks a bunch! I'm surprised that they're significantly shorter than mine... I went to...

Hey all, For the life of me I cannot seem to dig up the dimensions on what is the proper length x width x thickness for the deuce's bow sides (that hold up bows and cargo cover). Many of my bow sides are the worse for wear and some could be reused with sanding + painting, but I think it'd be...