WOOD FOR BOARD HELP AGAIN

they got in 8 sheets of birch i thought it was veneer and it turns out its ply so there 2 thin as sheets long grain and 1 cross grain..im not sure wether to send it back or to keep it and give it a go..my mould has w in it and i want it to be rigid...its going to be held together with titebond3 ultra strength woodglue and fiberglass on the bottom.

it mould to the concave nicely when pressing down on 1 sheet and looks good but im not sure wether it wont be rigid enough.. PLEASE REPLY IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO :)

in totale all the sheets add up to about 13mm without glue

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Steve on May 28, 2011 at 22:45

Hmm yeah I was wondering where you managed to get 1.2mm bb veneer.

Anyway. give it a go it will be fine. actually it will be great. just lay all the plys with the grain, no need for cross plys. 13mm is plenty esp with so many layers

get to it.........