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I have worked as a purchasing agent twice at a commercial wood shop, one of which was a cabinet shop. I bought LOTS of plywood and not the kind you would see at your local lumber yards. Most dont know you can get sheets that are 5 x 10 and possibly 5 x 12. I have bought the bendable plywood a few times. You have to be very specific as to what direction the bend is because you can get it both ways. It is really amazing stuff. You would not believe how a piece of ¾ plywood readily bends without effort. Thinner sheets pretty much flop into a bend on their own. Unfortunately the main supplier of such plywood in my area and a very major vendor when I was working will not sell to walk ups even if you are paying cash. You have to be in some sort of construction business and they will ask you to prove it. I dont understand that part at all. A sale is a sale .. In reference to my curved rail issue, the thoughts of laminating something did come to mind. I did cut a piece of regular everyday ½ plywood to 4 wide. It really did not bend at all. I had known about the relief cut method. But by the time you relieve it enough to bend there is probably not much structure left. I am using ¾ plywood for the deck so it will be strong no matter how I tackle the curved rail problem. Much of my fixture will have aluminum bracing (angles & flat bars) so the glue wont stick to it. I am routing recesses under the joint areas and putting aluminum flat bar there so I wont have problems getting the frame out once the glue is dry. I wanted the inside frame to be curved so I can have a continuously flowing backdrop. I will eventually became familiar with the bending capabilities of Masonite for the backdrop! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
