[Arm-netbook] 15in EOMA-68 laptop

joem joem at martindale-electric.co.uk
Sat Apr 27 21:12:29 BST 2013


On Sat, 2013-04-27 at 18:07 +0100, luke.leighton wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:00 PM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> > 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
> 
>  http://www.dhhtimber.co.uk/birch_plywoods.htm
> 
>  any good?

Those guys are good if orders about $2000+
I bought my 3 ply 4mm stock from one time seller on ebay
for $2.50 per sq meter.

So a price for veneer should be about $0.8 per sq meter
or better to make it worthwhile. 

I'll ring dhhtimber monday and see what their current prices are like.


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