Tips on Boil Bake test for plywood - Wharram Builders and Friends2024-03-29T07:49:30Zhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/forum/topics/tips-on-boil-bake-test-for-plywood?commentId=2195841%3AComment%3A145810&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThat's great! I'll have to fi…tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-10-03:2195841:Comment:1458102016-10-03T16:43:01.813ZNathan Stanleyhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/NathanStanley
<p>That's great! I'll have to find some.</p>
<p>That's great! I'll have to find some.</p> Sorry it took me so long to g…tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-10-03:2195841:Comment:1459002016-10-03T14:42:47.667ZJohnny Mandernachhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/Johnny
<p><span>Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I ended up sticking with the plywood above. I found a lumber yard that sells 4'x8' sheets and I was able to see the shipping records in English and it confirmed that the plywood is meranti which is </span><span>Mahogany</span><span>. After a lot of research and my boil test I feel pretty good about this wood. The boat is coming along well, now I'm ready for this Typhoon to pass so I can start working on it again.…</span></p>
<p><span>Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I ended up sticking with the plywood above. I found a lumber yard that sells 4'x8' sheets and I was able to see the shipping records in English and it confirmed that the plywood is meranti which is </span><span>Mahogany</span><span>. After a lot of research and my boil test I feel pretty good about this wood. The boat is coming along well, now I'm ready for this Typhoon to pass so I can start working on it again.</span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1930103919?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1930103919?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-left"/></a><br/> <br/> <cite>Nathan Stanley said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wharrambuilders.ning.com/forum/topics/tips-on-boil-bake-test-for-plywood?commentId=2195841%3AComment%3A145808&xg_source=activity#2195841Comment143828"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Any luck finding marine plywood in Oki yet? I'm also looking to build a Hitia 14, but I haven't bought plans yet since it's tough to find the materials here. Make-man only has so much! </p>
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</blockquote> Any luck finding marine plywo…tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-07-16:2195841:Comment:1438282016-07-16T19:54:01.740ZNathan Stanleyhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/NathanStanley
<p>Any luck finding marine plywood in Oki yet? I'm also looking to build a Hitia 14, but I haven't bought plans yet since it's tough to find the materials here. Make-man only has so much! </p>
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<p>Any luck finding marine plywood in Oki yet? I'm also looking to build a Hitia 14, but I haven't bought plans yet since it's tough to find the materials here. Make-man only has so much! </p>
<p></p> I'm going to continue my sear…tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-02-18:2195841:Comment:1402282016-02-18T10:02:59.389ZJohnny Mandernachhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/Johnny
<p>I'm going to continue my search for plywood but I was hoping this might be a good back up plan. Do you know of any strength tests I can do on it? It seems decent and it is held up pretty well to the boil test. Thank you for the help.</p>
<p><br></br> <cite>boatsmith said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wharrambuilders.ning.com/forum/topics/tips-on-boil-bake-test-for-plywood?xg_source=activity#2195841Comment140060"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>We see plywood that appears…</p>
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<p>I'm going to continue my search for plywood but I was hoping this might be a good back up plan. Do you know of any strength tests I can do on it? It seems decent and it is held up pretty well to the boil test. Thank you for the help.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>boatsmith said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wharrambuilders.ning.com/forum/topics/tips-on-boil-bake-test-for-plywood?xg_source=activity#2195841Comment140060"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>We see plywood that appears similiarr to this. We refer to it as doorskin. We use it for templates. We frequently find inferior quality plies inside the outer plies are very thin compared to thicker center ply. This is not balanced and is not near as strong as three equal plies. I would not recommend this plywood for anything that was not disposable.</p>
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</blockquote> We see plywood that appears s…tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-02-16:2195841:Comment:1400602016-02-16T13:40:57.478Zboatsmithhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/qe0j3ojqb10
<p>We see plywood that appears similiarr to this. We refer to it as doorskin. We use it for templates. We frequently find inferior quality plies inside the outer plies are very thin compared to thicker center ply. This is not balanced and is not near as strong as three equal plies. I would not recommend this plywood for anything that was not disposable.</p>
<p>We see plywood that appears similiarr to this. We refer to it as doorskin. We use it for templates. We frequently find inferior quality plies inside the outer plies are very thin compared to thicker center ply. This is not balanced and is not near as strong as three equal plies. I would not recommend this plywood for anything that was not disposable.</p> The biggest threat to ply imh…tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-02-15:2195841:Comment:1400482016-02-15T18:51:32.412Zpaul andersonhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/paulanderson
<p>The biggest threat to ply imho is freshwater ingress.</p>
<p>The biggest threat to ply imho is freshwater ingress.</p> Thank you paul anderson said…tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-02-15:2195841:Comment:1400452016-02-15T09:59:43.696ZJohnny Mandernachhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/Johnny
<p>Thank you<br/> <br/> <cite>paul anderson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wharrambuilders.ning.com/forum/topics/tips-on-boil-bake-test-for-plywood?commentId=2195841%3AComment%3A139941&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2195841Comment139941"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>You will be fine mate.</p>
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<p>Thank you<br/> <br/> <cite>paul anderson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wharrambuilders.ning.com/forum/topics/tips-on-boil-bake-test-for-plywood?commentId=2195841%3AComment%3A139941&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2195841Comment139941"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>You will be fine mate.</p>
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</blockquote> You will be fine mate.tag:wharrambuilders.ning.com,2016-02-15:2195841:Comment:1399412016-02-15T06:34:50.337Zpaul andersonhttp://wharrambuilders.ning.com/profile/paulanderson
<p>You will be fine mate.</p>
<p>You will be fine mate.</p>