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   Westchester | Jun 25, 2003 04:07am | #1

   What is the size of the piece you want to end up with,  length X width?

   SA

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   Shel | Jun 25, 2003 04:28am | #2

   size = about 6" x 8" or smaller

   Shel

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   Westchester | Jun 25, 2003 06:49pm | #7

   Shel,

   For a piece that small - it wouldn't be difficult to plane down some solid wood to your desired size.

   Another option - but you need a drill press, is a tool called a Wagner safe-T-Planer.

   Good luck

   SA

2. 
   wrick2003 | Jun 25, 2003 04:36am | #3

   a door skin is 3/16" thick. they come 3-0 x 6-8. oak or birch.

   call alumber yard that sells aloy of doors.

   good luck     rg

3. 
   jackiechan | Jun 25, 2003 04:40am | #4

   Shel,

   Boulter Plywood (http://www.boulterplywood.com) is one of my sources for hardwood plywood.

   They carry ten different thicknesses of Baltic Birch Ply' starting at a 1/64" thickness! 

   You can e-mail them questions or phone them directly - either way you're likely to get a response from owner, Christopher Boulter.

   Dan Kornfeld, Owner/President - Odyssey Wood Design, Inc.

4. 
   Manchild | Jun 25, 2003 04:43am | #5

   Turn your beltsander upside down and clamp/bolt some sort of stop behind the belt so the ply can't take off on you. That way you don't need a suction cup. maybe a shop vac nearby to take care of the dust. Just an idea.

5. 
   notDusty | Jun 25, 2003 07:00am | #6

          Shel ,

             Just a word of caution when you remove a ply or skin from a piece of plywood you go to the next crossband , this can often bend or curl whether you want it to or not . Why not try a 5.2 mm import panel , on my tape measure it is about 3/16".

             good luck       dusty

6. 
   BenM | Jun 25, 2003 07:46pm | #8

   I would go with the solid wood, as already suggested.  But if it has to be plywood just glue up three pieces of 1/16" wood.

7. 
   JohnWW | Jun 25, 2003 11:28pm | #9

   If you've got a hobby shop or a shop catering to doll house makers nearby they'd have plywood in the thickness you need.  It would be near impossible to plane off plywood without creating stresses that would cause warpage, and the glues in the plywood will dull the planer blades in seconds.

   John W.