Re: 6'x6'x1/4" plywood, or similar?


Ken Moffett wrote:
I'm in the process of building an "Ames Room" as a display for our
Psychology Depertment. I'm using the plans originally developed by Ames.

(sorry about the word-wrap)

http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%
20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/ames_room.html

They had one built 20 years ago, but dimensions are such that some of the
walls, the ceiling and floor have to be made by edge splicing 4' wide 1/4"
plywood together. It looks like crap. The dimensions are so complicated
that I'm not willing to try and scale it down.


What a cool project.. I don't know of any 6 x 6 sheets of 1/4"
plywood.. but, if you're willing to step up to 3/4" in ply.. you could
use a biscuit jointer, and a good tablesaw, you can get the joint to be
seemless (as opposed to crap).. I've done it myself..I assume the
plywood is eventually going to be painted or otherwise finished.
Just get a bunch of long pipe for your pipe clamps [for the glue ups],
and you're good to go.

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