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Dan_Thomas_nospam@yahoo.com wrote in news:1169135944.927468.166880
@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:
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> 1/4" ply will bend more easily if you orient the grain
across
> the bend instead of along it. The grain should be parallel to the
> spars.
> If it's 1/4" birch ply, that would seem a lot of overkill
> for a wingwalk. If it's 1/4" pine or fir, it should bend without any
> problem.
Well, I was planning to use birch in fact. hadn't thought about using
anything else but now you have me thinking. My real concern about
bending the stuff in the first place was, in fact, the stiffness of the
Birch ply. I imagined it never reall settling down. The 1/4 birch I've
is 12 ply and is like iron!
My son and I finished a small boat last year, using 1/4"
> Chilean Pine plywood, and we put some impressive curves in it. See
this
> picture of an identical boat:
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> http://www.glen-l.com/designs/outboard/dsn-sqtd.html
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Thanks!
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Re: Wing walk ply question.
