> From: RSONDOG@aol.com [mailto:RSONDOG@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 11:28 AM > Now for business: I am having trouble locating 1/4" > stock for the landing gear vees at a reasonable price. So far I've > priced A/C grade spruce for about $170, and fir or cedar at about > $260-$360. I can get great tulip > poplar all day for a pittance (roughly 1/10 of those prices) but > I'm assuming it is too "hard" for the vees. Since they're > laminated, what about fir or spruce ply? Maybe 4 layers of 1/4" > spruce ply laminated together??? Or is this too weak? > Any ideas/advice would be appreciated. Know what? I built mine from red oak planks. Got 'em at a Home Depot and I've got about eighty dollars in the whole pile (not including the T-88 adhesive). I realize that I'm probably looking at a weight penalty, but I don't think it's out of hand. It's also a bit harder to work (I'm just now getting a Forstner bit set up for drilling the angled holes for the axle), but not impossible, and they're gonna be bomb-proof. I chased various fir and spruce supplies around for a long time before I finally said "to hell with it," and went for the oak. Billy VRWC Fronteer http://www.mindspring.com/~wjb3/promise.html