On May 30, 5:07*pm, B A R R Y wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 10:33:52 -0700 (PDT), Andy Dingley

wrote:
On 30 May, 00:03, Tom Watson wrote:

My thought was that I would use finger joints in the corners, house
the bottom in a plough, lay the top in a rabbet, and that would make a
decent enclosure.

Birch ply, as it's lighter.

Excellent suggestion.

Most "flight cases", by outfits like Anvil and Calzone, and seen on
stages everywhere, are simply birch ply covered with laminate. *

The cases are lighter than they look when empty.

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Yup, an old acquaintance of mine makes a living building road cases in
Rochester NY. Baltic Birch and.....not just any laminate. A specially
designed formulation.
Holy ****... I just Googled him... guess he sold out a couple of years
back. Anyway:
http://www.bristolcase.com/
I'll try to dig up the sources for all those nifty locks and corners.