Nice, glad to see this and I could totally relate. I went thru this hmmmm not 2 years ago in my 5.2 restoration. Not exactly what you have but rather ...

Oh, and in those pics, you can see the 'cracks' in the slots. I'll do a better job on that probably next winter... for now gotta get in the water. The...

Here's the result of the great advice I received on this post from P.M. and dmgbear, by the way loved the videos of redo of "This Side Up". Its comfo...

Nice quick response, gotta love this forum! Thank you all for your great input. (1) Yeah, made my own tension-ers exactly the same as you described a...