[TheForge] bellows

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Paul,

You may be able to bond a strip of solid wood to the edge of the plywood. 
Back when I used to do some wood work (before blacksmithing) if I made a set 
of book shelves I would cover the cut edges with solid wood to hide the fact 
that it was mainly plywood. Of course on a curved surface you would need to 
heat or steam the strips to get them to bend, that makes it a lot more work.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

Message: 4
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:33:14 -0600
From: Paul N <crosspein at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] bellows
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>

That's the second mention of nailing into the edge of the plywood that I
received. I'll have to give that some thought.

Do you know off hand how thick the paddles are? I'm going to guess about
4/4 or maybe 5/4 lumber.

Thanks,
**Paul