as shown in fig1 e to promote stable flow of water through the channel 5 the supports 4 b are preferably evenly distributed across the entire width 4 e such a configuration will ease in the installation or replacement of the support blade 4 a which is preferably made in one piece as shown in fig1 a h in practice another blade 11 may be installed immediately following the drain 10 a leading edge of the second blade 11 can be seen in fig8 the number of blades necessary on the forming table is dependant on the thickness t of the fiber slurry 1 consistency of the stock basis weight retention and the machine speed a variety of configurations are possible using different aspects of the present invention including 1 blades with a flat surface 12 as shown in fig1 2 blades with a step 15 as show in fig1 3 alternating blades with a step 15 and a flat surface 12 as show in fig1 4 blades with the lead in edge 16 that is actually removed from the rest of the blade and has a leading edge that angles away from the forming fabric in combination with a.