Nick, as a furniture maker and a builder of a 4x5 folding field camera I feel you'll be disappointed w/ plywood. With all the difficult cuts your going to be making, ply will spinter and tear and look terrible, will be hard to sand out so it looks good and when you stain it, ugg. If your going to take the time and it will be a long process the first time around go with solid wood such as cherry, mahagany, even alder. Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Zentena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [Cameramakers] Thinking about building my first trial camera
> > > I was thinking about either 1/4" or 3mil plywood. I guess 3mil is 1/8". I > can get what they call airplane plywood for a reasonable price. 24"x24" is > $13Cdn for the 3ply. It's outdoor rated. It's not certified for airplane use > but I can live with that. Shouldn't it be lighter for the same amount of > strength? > > Thanks > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
