Bending Luan Plywood?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:37 am
This is kind of a silly question/project but I need to make a stage prop (arch topish guitar)for a show for my daughter's elementary school. It doesn't have to look good but be passable from 40 feet away. I don't want to invest much time or money into it as it is not a big part of the show. I want it to be lightweight; I would just cut the body out of solid wood and do a rough arch shape to the top but I feel like I should hollow it out to keep it light. I thought about cutting a rim out of some scrap softwood lumber with 1/4" side thickness then putting a top and back on but I worry about all the shortgrain sections I would have in the rim. The other option is to make a proper rim but I don't want to put in the effort or materials to thickness sides and linings. I was thinking about just getting some of that 1/8" luan plywood (it is actually more like 0.108" thick) and bending it to one of my acoustic shapes and put in a double cutaway section on the hot pipe. Then just use strips of the same plywood for linings.
Has anyone tried to Bend this stuff? Am I wasting my time trying? Would the tight radius get me in trouble?
Or, better yet: Am I worrying over nothing about the short grain situation if I cut a rim out of scrap?
Has anyone tried to Bend this stuff? Am I wasting my time trying? Would the tight radius get me in trouble?
Or, better yet: Am I worrying over nothing about the short grain situation if I cut a rim out of scrap?