jim mcnamara
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You would have to steam bend any hardwood edging as thick as 1.25 inches, if I understand the picture of the cardboard mock up of a shelf above.
As a general comment, laminates like plywood, because of bidirectional grain and glued laminations, are stronger than a single piece of wood the same thickness - using the same species of wood, of course. So as crude rule of thumb, 0.50 inch ply is structurally as strong (bending and creep) as a piece of 1.0 inch solid wood, same species. Better quality plywood has fewer voids (or none ) than lower grades, and so is structurally stronger than the lower grades.
phinds posted ( http://woodbarter.com/threads/wood-id-resources.70/ ) a link to the FPL resources. Download a free copy of 'Wood as an Engineering Material'. Super useful.
As you can see, it is kinda hard to give good advice by remote control, so to speak, when we don't know much about the requirements. I'm guessing your friend did not give you enough information to start with.
As a general comment, laminates like plywood, because of bidirectional grain and glued laminations, are stronger than a single piece of wood the same thickness - using the same species of wood, of course. So as crude rule of thumb, 0.50 inch ply is structurally as strong (bending and creep) as a piece of 1.0 inch solid wood, same species. Better quality plywood has fewer voids (or none ) than lower grades, and so is structurally stronger than the lower grades.
phinds posted ( http://woodbarter.com/threads/wood-id-resources.70/ ) a link to the FPL resources. Download a free copy of 'Wood as an Engineering Material'. Super useful.
As you can see, it is kinda hard to give good advice by remote control, so to speak, when we don't know much about the requirements. I'm guessing your friend did not give you enough information to start with.
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