You could, but since pine does not have the strenght that other wood s have you will have to make it beefier or face the sides with 3/32 ply, so now we are back to COST and WEIGHT. No doubt, you get the biggest bang for your buck with spruce. I did make wing spars with regular lumber yard spruce, selecting the best and straightest grain stock in the piles. It took several hours to find clear enough stock and in the end I wound up laminating up from smaller pieces and ply facing both sides of the spars. It would have been cheaper to buy from wicks!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <patric...@usfamily.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:10 AM Subject: Re: KR> To laminate or not ...
> > ----- Original Message ----- > >>Paul Wrote> >> >unless you're just talking laminated spar CAPS. >> >>> If laminations are as strong as I think they are, why couldn't a person > laminate a well grained piece of pine for spar caps? > Pat Driscoll > Saint Paul, MN 55102 > patric...@usfamily.net> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- > http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
