On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:03:47 -0400,
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In article ,
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On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:07:59 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Am looking for plywood less than 4 mm. Apparently, Okoume has no rot
resistance so I'd like something else. However, I cannot even find
Okoume less than 5/32" thick.
Any ideas?


You can try Aircraftspruce. they have plywood down to 0.8 mm I
beleive.

A point that most people overlook is the weight of the plywood. Over
herer we have plywood made in Burma, Indonesia and Thailand - all made
from tropical hardwoods and in some cases nearly twice as heavy as
okoume. A boat built from okoume turns out to be substantially lighter
then one built from local supplied plywood.

Out of curosity, what are you going to use ply thinner then 4mm for?

Bruce

Bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

You bring up a good point. In some of the skiffs I built, Occoume is an
issue as it is not heavy enough for the boat to float the way it was
designed. Less mass to keep it from pitching, etc...

Scotty


Or perhaps one might say that the boat wasn't designed to use a light
weight material.... :-)

Or, referring to another thread, perhaps this is one of the dangers in
stealing construction plans :-(

Cheers,

Bruce