When I built the wood brake for the elevators, I used 2'X8"X8' wood. I used three hinges but when I installed them, it put a small gap between to two pieces of wood because of the round hinge. When I squeezed the right elevator skin, I had a 1/8" dowel rod inside the skin to maintain a good radius but I notice that the area where the hinges where, it made a nicer radius that looks smaller than the area of the elevator skin where the wood brake had the gaps. I took the dowel rod out and resqueezed it, it did not seem to make a difference. Should I redo the wood brake without any gaps and make the two pieces of wood mate up flush and resqueeze the elevator skin to make a tighter radius? Also, should I continue to use the 1/8' dowel rod inside the skin?
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