On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:18:56 -0700, "Rich S."
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"Morgans" wrote in message
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For those looking for unusual plywood, I suggest you do some looking in
your local yellow pages (hopefully in a relatively large population area)
under plywood, and see if you can find a place that advertises a specialty
of stocking unusual types and grades of plywood. There are more plywood
types under the sun, than you can imagine, and I can imagine a LOT ! g

Jim ..........

The place in Tacoma where I bought most of the Finnish Birch plywood for the
Emeraude also stocks molded plywood. This is intended for use in rolling
over cardboard with knives imbedded in the wood. The cardboard is cut into
the various shapes, such as for folding into boxes or packing. The plywood
half-cylinders are about 3/4" thick and are not bendable - they're
structural. Real pretty stuff, too with birch outer layers.

They advertise in Sport Aviation. Beside almost all thicknesses of Finnish
Birch for aviation (.5 mm, 1.0 mm, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, etc.) they sell
Italian Poplar bending plywood. Ideal for making single curve windshield
molds, for instance. I was lucky to have a supplier like this only a
half-hour drive away. When you add in the fact that the principal wholesaler
of aircraft spruce in the nation is also in Tacoma, this is an ideal place
to build a wooden airplane, boat, or organ.

Rich S.

Isn't aircraft ply made with the plies on a 45 degree bias for
bending?
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