for making a frequent use item using thin wood what are some typical wood selections
think something like a book cover
oak comes to mind first but oak is dense and heavy
a ply might work but wood would look best for this use
has to hold a hinge and most likely will be a nut and bolt because just screws and glue will work loose eventually
If I read your rambling correctly, you're asking for a thin wood to use as a book cover.
Not when it's 3/16" thick.
Use anything you like, you'll find little difference in weight at that size.
A much more interesting question is how it should be finished and bound.
Electric Comet on Fri, 2 Mar 2018
10:13:29 -0800 typed in rec.woodworking the following:What size book? How important is the "look"?
I glued a bit of 3 mm plywood to the front of a spiral notebook to keep the cover from curling.
again, what size?
If you are binding a book, using wooden covers, that can be done without hinges. Unless you're going for that Book of Armaments look and feel.
Ply might be more stable too, at small thickness. Leather might be an interesting substitute to consider.
I would consider gluing rather than screwing or bolting the hinges
If I "think something like a book cover" I don't think anything like nuts and bolts.
Maybe if you were more specific, we could be too.
Perhaps pop-rivets to attach the hinges to the thin ply.
I've used nuts and bolts to bind notebooks. #10 machine screws (IIRC) fits 3-ring binder holes pretty well.
Did your notebook have a thin wooden cover?
Processed wood, sometimes called a "title page", sure. ;-)
I think you made that up, therefore it's Pulp Fiction.
Years ago I bought a bag of assorted small plywood pieces at a hobby store. Some of it was very thin maybe 3/32" or so. The quality was very good. It reminded me of some aircraft grade plywood I'd seen years earlier. Formica won't work?
As model aircraft plywood goes, 3/32" is pretty thick stuff. You can readily buy 3-ply birch ply down to 0.4mm (1/64") if you feel the need although I've never seen a model design that required anything so thin.
Well, supplier datasheets usually are. ;-)
working with drywall and realized that the paper gives much of the strength so i may apply thin leather over thin ply
just have to find the right adhesive
never worked with formica as far as i know plus i have none
but iirc formica is brittle and meant to have a stiff backing
probably 12 by 9 inches
doing a book binding type hinge might be interesting the material for the hinge or binding would have to be super durable though
thinking hinges might be the best solution
I'd split the cover into two pieces along the long edge, narrow (.5 - .75) at the binding, and use a piano hinge.
PVA will probably work fine. Hide glue is traditional. You might also consider using a leatherworking awl to sew the leather to the thin plywood.
Sewing or gluing, there are bookbinding tutorials / guides that will help.
Tyvek works great for book-cover style hinges, but it is a much more industrial look than I think you want.
Elijah
------ has bound miniature books using currency, also quite durable
think i have som hide glue so that will do it
that is getting fancy but would look great
well i think it has to be glued and the sewing would be cake icing
will it hold paint i thought it would not
is is durable and maybe has higher value as a binding
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