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Time to insert them ribs

Otherwise known as the wresting match with the "blue alligator". I have seen other builders website entries where they say that they just can't get the ribs in to the leading edge skin while it's in the wood cradle. I have to agree, I couldn't do it either. One would have to exert a hefty amount of force on the back end of the rib to get the rib into position to put in the first front clecos. Therefore I will cheat. First, with the mouth of the alligator open, I put clecos in the first 2 holes on the top side of the skin and let them hang freely in space.

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