Does anyone know of a good source for marine ply?

Robert

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Jul 15, 2004, 1:26:01 PM7/15/04

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I only want one sheet of 4mm for a repair.

Robert

Simon Brooke

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Jul 15, 2004, 3:35:01 PM7/15/04

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in message <cd6en2$rku$1...@news.ox.ac.uk>, Robert
('robert....@eng.ox.ac.uk') wrote:

> Does anyone know of a good source for marine ply?
>
> I only want one sheet of 4mm for a repair.

Rather depends where you are.

Good specialist boatbuilders' timber merchants include
Robbins (Bristol) <URL:http://www.robbins.co.uk/>
Hulley Marine (Dumbarton) <URL:http://www.hulley-marine.co.uk/>
SL Hardwoods (Croydon) <URL:http://www.slhardwoods.com/>

However, the cost of transporting one sheet of 4mm any distance will
greatly exceed its worth, and the risk of it being damaged in transit
is high. You'd be much better going down to your local timber yard and
seeing what they can do you in the way of BS 1088. It most likely
won't be as good as Robbins or Bruynzeel, but it will be good enough.
even WBP is good enough for many purposes providing you're using epoxy.

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PyroJames

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Jul 16, 2004, 6:37:58 AM7/16/04

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Simon Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote in message
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> in message <cd6en2$rku$1...@news.ox.ac.uk>, Robert
> ('robert....@eng.ox.ac.uk') wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of a good source for marine ply?
> >
> > I only want one sheet of 4mm for a repair.
>
> Rather depends where you are.
>
> Good specialist boatbuilders' timber merchants include
> Robbins (Bristol) <URL:http://www.robbins.co.uk/>
> Hulley Marine (Dumbarton) <URL:http://www.hulley-marine.co.uk/>
> SL Hardwoods (Croydon) <URL:http://www.slhardwoods.com/>

Ridgeons in Cambridge also do BS1088.

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Ian Johnston

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Jul 18, 2004, 2:35:50 PM7/18/04

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:37:58 UTC, "PyroJames"
<j.ke...@cranNOfield.SPAMac.uk> wrote:

: Ridgeons in Cambridge also do BS1088.

I got some perfectly reasonable marine ply at Jewsons a few years
back.

Ian

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Robert

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Jul 19, 2004, 12:21:11 PM7/19/04

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> Does anyone know of a good source for marine ply?
>
> I only want one sheet of 4mm for a repair.
>
> Robert

Thanks for the pointers - any more?
near Oxford would be the best.

Simon Brooke

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Jul 19, 2004, 1:05:03 PM7/19/04

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in message <cdgsds$i8a$1...@news.ox.ac.uk>, Robert
('robert....@eng.ox.ac.uk') wrote:

>> Does anyone know of a good source for marine ply?
>>
>> I only want one sheet of 4mm for a repair.
>

> Thanks for the pointers - any more?
> near Oxford would be the best.

Try your local timber merchants. They'll almost certainly be able to
sell something with a BS1088 stamp on it. It's unlikely to be as good
as Robbins or Bruynzeel, but it should be adequate.

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:21:11 UTC, "Robert"
<robert....@eng.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

: Thanks for the pointers - any more?

: near Oxford would be the best.

It was Jewson's in Oxford (near the railway station, iirc) which sold
me marine ply.

Ian

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