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Laun and Cirrus
By:grant
Date: 12/16/2002, 6:08 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood? (David Hanson)

: I don't have a problem with Laun, but I would go with the 5mm (1/4")
: instead of the 1/8". I cam currently building a Cirrus out of Laun
: and the wood from Home Depot was good looking and no voids. Cost was $9.xx
: per sheet 4'x8'. Be careful when you pick out your wood and and you will
: be fine. Make strong joints and glass inside and out for sure.

Dave:

Did you discover many voids during scarfing or cutting the panels? The Okoume is supposed to have plys of equal thickness which in theory makes the joining of scarfed sheets easy. How did scarfing go with Luan which normally has different thicknesses of plys?

grant

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Kurt Maurer -- 12/16/2002, 12:35 am
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
SteveR -- 12/16/2002, 2:02 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Kurt Maurer -- 12/16/2002, 2:45 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Dan Ruff -- 12/16/2002, 2:26 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Dan Ruff -- 12/16/2002, 1:02 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Dan Ruff -- 12/16/2002, 1:14 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Randy -- 12/16/2002, 10:06 am
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/16/2002, 9:12 am
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
David Hanson -- 12/16/2002, 8:21 am
Re: 1/4 vs. 1/8
Mike Hanks -- 12/17/2002, 1:48 am
Laun and Cirrus
grant -- 12/16/2002, 6:08 pm
Re: Laun and Cirrus
David Hanson -- 12/16/2002, 6:28 pm
Big Panels!
grant -- 12/16/2002, 6:57 pm
what is wt diff betw luan and okoume??
mike allen -- 12/16/2002, 7:13 pm
Okoume Weights *LINK*
grant -- 12/16/2002, 7:28 pm
Re: Okoume Weights
Chris -- 12/16/2002, 10:28 pm
Its the Sales Tax
grant -- 12/16/2002, 11:26 pm
this is how they turn them into metric sizes :) *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/17/2002, 11:10 pm
anyone know any 1/8" luan wts??
mike allen -- 12/16/2002, 9:28 pm
Re: Plywood weight *LINK*
Chris Moore -- 12/16/2002, 7:26 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
LeeG -- 12/16/2002, 8:00 am
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Dan Ruff -- 12/16/2002, 1:08 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
LeeG -- 12/16/2002, 4:00 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative Seats?
Kurt Maurer -- 12/16/2002, 3:14 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative Seats?
LeeG -- 12/16/2002, 3:55 pm
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Paul Lund -- 12/16/2002, 4:55 am
Re: S&G: Alternative to Real Wood?
Mark Kopp -- 12/16/2002, 1:12 am