[Arm-netbook] 15in EOMA-68 laptop

[joem]

On Sat, 2013-04-27 at 11:44 +0100, luke.leighton wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > The real trick is not to buy the birch plywood, but buy the birch
> > veneers direct from manufacturer, cut with laser, and glue to make own
> > plywood. Extremely strong, curved designs possible and very elegant
> > marquetry designs can be added on top and varnished to add value to
> > product.
> 
>  niiiice.
> 
>  yes, for bendy things you'd not be able to get off-the-shelf plywood.

If anyone knows where I can get birch veneers as used to make plywood
direct from a manufacturer, then I'd buy $1000 and give it a go.
Got laser! :)

The best birch comes from Russia and Latvia and so on.
But I don't have contacts, and more than likely
they won't understand me when I request veneeer instead of plywood.
There are veneer stockists in UK, but it costs and arm and a leg
to get it from them! What I want is the raw veneer as used to make
plywood. It should be very cheap. Shipping would be an arm and a leg
as well unless they bring it in their own ships with supplies
for other factories that use the wood in UK, and I get to collect
it from a lorry that is doing the rounds or something like that instead
of being whacked for shipping and port handling costs.