I bought an ultimate wheel kit at Cardiff, now I’m trying to find some
wood to screw it into.
Does anyone know where in the UK I can find 20mm thick plywood (preferably
in Bath or Bristol)? I’ve tried B&Q, Wickes, Homebase and Great Mills and
I can’t find anything thicker than 15mm.
–
Danny Colyer (remove your.mind to reply)
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/danny.html “The secret of life is
honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made” -
Groucho Marx
On Wed, 9 May 2001 18:33:06 +0100, “Danny Colyer”
<danny@speedy5.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
->I bought an ultimate wheel kit at Cardiff, now I’m trying to find some
wood ->to screw it into. -> ->Does anyone know where in the UK I can
find 20mm thick plywood (preferably ->in Bath or Bristol)? I’ve tried
B&Q, Wickes, Homebase and Great Mills and I ->can’t find anything
thicker than 15mm.
look under timber supplies in the yellow pages… avoid the mass diy shops
they wont stock what they can not sell.
My Homepage www.minimansell.com
The Worldwide juggling clubs listings www.juggler.net/jugglingclubs
Jesters http://go.to/jesters
mini suggested:
> look under timber supplies in the yellow pages… avoid the mass diy
> shops they wont stock what they can not sell.
Doh! You’re quite right, I should have thought of that. Thanks Mini.
–
Danny Colyer (remove your.mind to reply)
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/danny.html “The secret of life is
honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made” -
Groucho Marx
Danny (the man in red),
B&Q up here sold both 4’x8’ sheets and 2’x4’ sheets of plywood at 20mm and
15mm. You can use 15mm with the kits and it will be perfectly
strong enough.
The UK's Unicycle Source <a href="http://www.unicycle.uk.com/">http://www.unicycle.uk.com/</a>
----- Original Message ----- From: “Danny Colyer”
<danny@speedy5.freeserve.co.uk> To: <unicycling@winternet.com> Sent:
Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:33 PM Subject: Ultimate Wood UK
> I bought an ultimate wheel kit at Cardiff, now I’m trying to find some
wood
> to screw it into.
>
> Does anyone know where in the UK I can find 20mm thick plywood
> (preferably in Bath or Bristol)? I’ve tried B&Q, Wickes, Homebase and
> Great Mills and
I
> can’t find anything thicker than 15mm.
>
> –
> Danny Colyer (remove your.mind to reply)
> http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/danny.html "The secret of life
> is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made" -
> Groucho Marx
>
Roger Davies wrote:
> B&Q up here sold … plywood at 20mm … You can use 15mm with the
> kits and it will be perfectly strong enough.
I thought it would, but having measured the parts I reckon the whole thing
would look better (and have less sticky outy bits) if I used 20mm. Having
just measured the parts again, 18mm might be just as good.
I’ve also had a suggestion to use 18mm MDF (thanks Simon). Frankly, I’d
never come across MDF until I came to look in B&Q for plywood - anyone
know how it compares with plywood for strength and weight?
Looking on WWW, I’ve just found a supplier near me for 19mm moisture
resistant red MDF. Sounds great - I wouldn’t even have to go to the bother
of painting it.
–
Danny Colyer (remove your.mind to reply)
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/danny.html “The secret of life is
honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made” -
Groucho Marx
Danny Colyer <danny@speedy5.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know where in the UK I can find 20mm thick plywood
> (preferably in Bath or Bristol)? I’ve tried B&Q, Wickes, Homebase and
> Great Mills and I can’t find anything thicker than 15mm.
There is ( was) a few proper timber merchants in the Bedminster,
southville end of Bristol. Try the yellow pages, and phone around. This is
how I found 2x2 Ash for my stilts and more recently old fashioned thin
floor boards.
have fun sarah
–
Euro-cycle 2001 20 - 22 July Plymouth UK A european unicycle convention
http://www.eurocycle.org
> I thought it would, but having measured the parts I reckon the whole
> thing would look better (and have less sticky outy bits) if I used 20mm.
> Having just measured the parts again, 18mm might be just as good.
>
> I’ve also had a suggestion to use 18mm MDF (thanks Simon). Frankly, I’d
> never come across MDF until I came to look in B&Q for plywood - anyone
> know how it compares with plywood for strength and weight?
MDF is great for cutting - there’s no grain, and tools really zip through
it. BUT it doesn’t really have the same kind of strength as plywood. It is
excellent for decorative woodwork such as routed edging and coving, and
stuff like that. But not things which get knocked, or require rigid
strength across a reasonable span. I don’t actually know quite what you’re
planning to do (missed the first post in this thread) but I wouldn’t
advise using MDF for ramps or similar stress level items.
Also, please DO always wear a proper mask when cutting MDF in any way.
MDF dust is now known to be quite hazardous, seriously, so please do
be careful.
> Looking on WWW, I’ve just found a supplier near me for 19mm moisture
> resistant red MDF. Sounds great - I wouldn’t even have to go to the
> bother of painting it.
Moisture resistant is important; MDF ain’t too hot at withstanding the
wet. Ask exactly what ‘resistant’ means in practise before committing to
it. If in doubt, grit your teeth, find a ‘proper’ timber merchant, and
grab a paintbrush!
(Note: timber merchants are almost always going to be cheaper than any DIY
chain for wood.)
k
keith martin wrote:
> Moisture resistant is important; MDF ain’t too hot at withstanding the
> wet. Ask exactly what ‘resistant’ means in practise before committing to
> it. If in doubt, grit your teeth, find a ‘proper’ timber merchant, and
> grab a paintbrush!
Thanks Keith. I visited the supplier of moisture resistant MDF a few weeks
ago, and noticed that they had a pile of 3’ square 18mm plywood offcuts in
the car park. So I bought one of those for 3 quid and never even asked
about the MDF.
–
Danny Colyer (remove your.mind to reply)
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/danny.html “The secret of life is
honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made” -
Groucho Marx