[WWI] Plywood

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Linden, as in "Unter Der Linden", is also basswood! 




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From: "Helen and Chris" <2kermavio at orange.fr> 
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Sent: Monday, November 3, 2008 5:10:45 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
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Hi, Everyone, 

thanks for the info. 

White pine was probably Swiss pine ( Pinus cembra) although other pines were probably used too.  I had trouble trying to discover what basswood was, but eventually found it was American Lime ( Tilia americana).   Which doesn't grow in Europe.  So I'm guessing that it was the common Lime ( Tilia x europaea) that the Germans used? 

Other woods that may have been used included birch ( Betula sp.) , mahogany (Swietenia sp.) - would that have been available in wartime Europe? - spruce (Picea sp.) and Ash ( Fraxinus sp.) . 

I would appreciate any further input on this, please. 

3-ply makes sense.  Light but strong. 

TIA, 

Chris. 






The Germans used what they had,  white pine and basswood; IIRC from reading the book on the restoration of the SASM DV, it was fairly thin, only three ply. 






Hi, 





everyone seems to talk about plywood being an alternative fuselage skin to canvas - an Albatros had a plywood skin, for instance.  And, in reply to a question, the answer came back that an AGO had a wood skin. 





In view of the complaints about woodgrain decals, my questions are these:- 





How many ply were the plywood? 





What wood(s) were used - oak, ash etc.? 





How did these two questions vary from one country to another? 





I can probably work out how varnish darkened each wood, but it would be useful to know the above so that I can try and copy the essence of a particular woods grain. 





TIA 





Chris.
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