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Plywood

Doug

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Last week 2 sheets of 18mm Birch faced ply turned up on site, these little beauties

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They are 12'x5' top quality sheets with no voids that I've cut up to make worktops from, having seen the pens Woody turned from ply I thought I'd bring a small off cut home with me & give it a whirl.

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The kit is gunmetal & the ply is finished with U beaut cut & wax followed by Hutt wax stick.
I'm really pleased with how it came out & am now thinking of different ways to cut the remainder of the ply to give differing effects.
 
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Lucky bugger....i'm lucky to get a sniff at anything more than shuttering ply or OSB board:sob:
I do like a bit of dymondwood:bwink:
 
Neil Lawton

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Nicely done Doug.

You can get some nice effects by laminating a few bits stacked, then drill through "free hand", with a cordless on an angle.
 
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Thanks for the comments :thumbs:

Neil Lawton said:
You can get some nice effects by laminating a few bits stacked, then drill through "free hand", with a cordless on an angle.
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I'm on a similar wave length Neil, I've managed to cut up the bit I have & the pieces are currently clamped up after being glued together.
 
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Can't find the pics, I made a chevron / herringbone pen box from it.
Was well pleased, didn't wanna part with it init?
 
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A few years ago any off cuts from such wood i wouldn't have hesitated putting them on the fire .. Work like this would put a stop to that .. :winking:

Pen do look good Doug .. :thumbs:
 
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