Steve A veneer is a very thin sheet of decorative timber usually bonded to another cheaper timber. Also plywood is made up of veneers maybe only 1mm or less thick. You should be looking for clear lumber for your KR. I don't know what exact terms you use in the US for this.
Peter Drake Hereford UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "omotosho olalekan" <[email protected]> To: "K Rnet" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:04 AM Subject: KR> Douglas Fir Veneer and Yellow cedar Veneer Hi Folks, Please am a bit getting confused after i tried to search for materials I can get Douglas Fir Venner and Yellow cedar Venner but the word Veneer makes me confused if am getting the right material. Please help me on this. And what size should i be searching for in terms of thickness and both length and width Regards Steve ________________________________ From: Marty Martin <[email protected]> To: omotosho olalekan <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2011 8:32 PM Subject: Re: KR> About Spruce Steve What country are in. Because is some cases. You can look to specific local woods that can fill the bill. I have used both Stika Spruce and Douglas Fir. The Fir is about 12% heaver but is about 15% stronger. So there are trade offs. So, let me know what country you live in and I will look at the variour woods and their weight and strength. M. G. Martin On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:02 AM, omotosho olalekan <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Folks, > >Now it time to get hands dirty, please I will like to ask what time of >spruce are used in constructing KR2S, the reason is that am trying to >search spruce locally in order to minimize cost of importation. I would be >very great full to hear from you all. > >Regards, > >Steve >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- M. Greg Martin _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2692 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message
