Originally Posted by
FalconWings
Exactly. I would never weaken primary structure like that just to save 1oz worth of wood that is already soft to begin with. The red circle in the pic above show minimum material left after the lightening groove was cut. I can show you a way of reinforcing using linkages and ball-rod clevises.
David
Okay cool. I would like to see what you are talking about. Thanks for the information.