Yellow Poplar sucks for strength. Even the furniture makers only use it for drawer sides. I do not know about Black Poplar. dale stephen langford wrote: > > Oh by the way, What Type of strength does popular have? Is it close to > pine or fir? > > Steze > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: Hinges > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 18:06:43 -0500 > From: "Billy Beck" <wjb3@mindspring.com> > Reply-To: FlyBaby <FlyBaby@listbot.com> > To: "FlyBaby" <FlyBaby@listbot.com> > > FlyBaby > > > From: stephen langford [mailto:smlangford@webtv.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 5:34 PM > > Subject: Hinges > > > The hinges that will replace the AN-257-2-300 (which or obsolete now) > > comes by the foot. Page 75 TOP in the ACSP cat. Piano hinge. P/N > > MS20001P6 will work. > > <bookmark> > > > You will need to buy some music wire to replace the hinge wire. .090 > > thick. If you look at pg. 179 BOTTOM in ACSP. you wil see some > > AIL. henges for Cessna. See how the hinge pin is bent to shape so > > that one of the hinge bolts goes thru an "eye in the pin. > > I see that. So, the idea is to replace the hinge wire with the .090, and > bend-up an eye like that, izzat it? > > Billy