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[Bruce Freeman]

Barrel hoops used to be made of greenwood.  Take wythies (watersprouts
of willow, typically) and split them lengthwise.  Place flat against
leather and nail on.

BTW, anyone who thinks you can't nail into the edge of plywood hasn't
tried it on hardwood plywood, which is a different animal from the
softwood plywood used in construction.

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:19 AM,  <xlch58 at swbell.net> wrote:
> On 12/21/2010 8:11 AM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>> 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
>
> Cut them real thin and stack them and glue them around the rim of the
> plywood.  No steaming necessary.
>
> Charles
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Bruce
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