Post by Mike B on Jan 18, 2008 16:36:22 GMT 1
One of our club members does a lot of scratch building and he came up with a great idea for homemade ply for making frames etc.
He makes a sandwich using 3mm Balsa with 0.5mm veneer glued on both sides, grains at 90° to each other. He uses sheet veneer but you can just as easily use 20mm wide veneer edging. You can use the pre-glued or non-glued. This will give you a nominal 4mm ply which is very light and easy to cut and profile. Having a Balsa core, it will not warp.
He makes a sandwich using 3mm Balsa with 0.5mm veneer glued on both sides, grains at 90° to each other. He uses sheet veneer but you can just as easily use 20mm wide veneer edging. You can use the pre-glued or non-glued. This will give you a nominal 4mm ply which is very light and easy to cut and profile. Having a Balsa core, it will not warp.
