thing Shop Duckboards

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I just saw a set of thing shop duckboards.. were OEMs this cheezy
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What did they look like?
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as a cabinet builder you'd be embarassed..

That foreign "rubber wood" with a little poly... ends are done with a disk sander...

The "no slip" buttons have an office staple holding them.. kept together with carbon steel screws.

They did take a router and have them mate to the "button" thats' on teh floors of the thing.. intially 181s had "swiss cheeese mats"

Not horrid.. just a router table away from being a work of art.
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Post by Towel Rail »

I don't think there *were* OEM duckboards for the 181. Time to build your own -- I could swear someone around here or the Samba posted specs at one point.
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Emerson Biggs in Nebraska posted the specs and plans for the duck boards he built. He gave permission for anybody who was interested to use his design. I did some research a while ago to try and find out (with no success) where the words duck boards came from. There are a few folks who have posted duck board designs.
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Post by Kubelmann »

I did find the file that has plans and required materials for a do it yourself set of duck boards. Duh!! It was on te RoMTOC Thing data CD////



Does anyone out there have any information on the origin fo the term "Duck Boards"?
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Where do I buy a copy of the CD?
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Post by Kubelmann »

From me for $12.50 including shipping
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