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I intend to make 3 curved rafters for a garden application. Each
rafter
needs to be 7ft(L) x4inch(H) x 1-1/2inch(W) finished. The radius of
the
curve will be 10ft.

nothing over them? what will protect them from water?

The rest of the frame is conventional timber section which is
"tanalised" -
pressure treated with preservative. I was planning to coat these rafters
with preservative spring & fall like I do with the garden shed, furniture
etc.

definitely do not laminate them from narrow strips of plywood, then.

Not even marine ply?