c bar or t bar which extend from one side of the fourdrinier to the other the support bars preferably comprise fiber reinforced composite the stationary bars are fixed in the preferred embodiment the formline element 11 includes three adjustable trailing blades 13 which may be raised and lowered or the angle adjusted as shown in the respective figures with the use of respective drive 17 a the drives are arranged at opposite ends of a support bar and fixed the drives arranged at opposite ends of the support bar operate in concert to lower or raise a respective blade it should be noted that the air hydraulic and electrical lines for actuating the drives are not shown for ease in understanding the drawings it should be understood that it is contemplated that various other drives pistons or motors including electric and hydraulic ones and their associated supply lines may be employed to practice the invention the adjustable blades 13 are raised or lowered to cause them to intersect the underside of the forming fabric 105 at a predetermined height to influence the alignment of the fibers within the paper web two fixed trailing blades 14 are arranged between the height adjustable blades 13 as shown in a preferred embodiment the height of the adjustable blades may be changed to ensure that the paper fibers are aligned in a desired direction the forming board lead blade 12 is arranged near the breast roll and is stationary a plurality of forming board trailing blades is arranged in an alternating sequence of adjustable height blades 13 and stationary blades 14 the forming board trailing blades preferably comprise ceramic during this stage some water is drained from the stock and a.