On 2/19/19 12:13 PM, Greg Guarino wrote:
Been awhile since I've posted here. I'm a weekend hobbyist at best.

I'm planning out a "bridge" to sit on my desk:

https://flic.kr/p/SGc97Y

It is to help organize my music recording setup, some of which is
shown in schematic form.This is a fairly utilitarian piece that will
be largely obscured by the stuff on it, but I'd like it to look
nice.

I'd like to make it from plywood. It will be 6' long and figure ply
is less likely to be twisted, cupped, etc. But there's that curved
edge, I could just use the iron on edge veneer, but I'm not crazy
about how that looks at the edges.

I see that thicker edge banding is made (1.5 and 3mmm), but I have
only found it in really large quantities. I tried bending some 1/4"
oak strip at Home depot the other day (by hand) and it looks like it
would make the bend, but I wouldn't want the piece to launch itself
at me someday (and I don't have a steamer).

Any ideas?


Whenever I rip poplar, birch, or maple, I'm always very surprised at how
flexible the thinner cut-offs are.
A strip of any of the above 1/8"-3/16" thick could *easily* make that
bend.
Glue, clamp, an hour later it's on there forever.

You could probably get thicker piece to bend to that radius, but it's
probably not necessary.


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