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Comment by Dan Hawkins on June 2, 2012 at 0:10

will do

Premium Member Comment by Deeks63 on June 1, 2012 at 10:46

just give 'em a ring Dan...

Comment by Dan Hawkins on June 1, 2012 at 7:38

Do you guys have any idea how much 8 plies of veneer from briggs (using Deeks' concept) would cost?

Comment by Mark Gorman on May 29, 2012 at 15:33

The Real Thing 001 Quad axil torsion core with all sorts of secret stuff ;) & TRT 002 12 Ply. off to new homes. Enjoy

Cheers

Mark

Custom Boards

Premium Member Comment by Deeks63 on May 24, 2012 at 22:49

@Will - sorry, you may find that Briggs were talking about very thin veneers (something under 1mm thick, genrally 0.6mm) which are used to cover chipboard or MDF and are appearance only veneers - so yeah, too friggin thin to be practical.

There was someone a month or so back who went to Briggs and got good longboard lengths of the stuff - I rang thewm last year and they had some gear, but it was in short lengths (no good for Longboards at least) so maybe their stock vary with availability....

Premium Member Comment by Deeks63 on May 24, 2012 at 22:45

@Will: I understand FACE just to mean a higher quality veneer with little to no defects/knots in the grain - you would put it on the "face" of a project (the visible sides) as it looks good.  The stuiff that goes in the middle can be less attractive as it's there for strength and unless you have a monumental de-lam - you'll never see it again!

@Dan: When you are making a deck, the strength is derived from having plys of veneer with the grain at 90 degress to each other as it is laid up.  a lot of decks are laid up something like this (even the commercial stuff)

• Face (grain length wise)
• Centre (grain length wise)
• Centre (grain length wise)
• Cross-band (grain width wise)
• Centre (grain length wise)
• Cross-band (grain width wise)
• Cross-band (grain width wise)
• Face (grain length wise)

Therefore an 8 ply deck - this principal of alternating grain is what every plywood board is all about - generally plywood manufacturers alternate every 2nd veneer, but with a skateboard/longboard, it can vary.  hope this makes some sense!

Comment by Will Smith on May 24, 2012 at 21:58

Hey Deeks or anyone, i emailed Briggs a while back and they only had face veneers. Anyone have experience with it? I'm guessing it's not going to be very strong?

Comment by Dan Hawkins on May 24, 2012 at 21:54

what way does the veneer go with cross, face and cross-band

 

Comment by Dan Hawkins on May 24, 2012 at 21:51

Thanks. has been so helpful

Premium Member Comment by Daniel Witchey on May 24, 2012 at 21:39

Iconic Pintail: 36 x 9.5 nice mellow concave for cruising and bombing hills, hardwood core with bamboo on the outside faces 

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