[Ansteorra] Sheild thickness

[Brandon McDermott]

The nice thing about paper is that it does not stretch. Hence when glued to even a cheap piece of 1/4 in plywood the results are dramatic. As the wood attempts to bend (read stretch) with a blow, the torsional strength of the paper acts against the bend making the entire structure more rigid , therefore more durable. I made a kite with 1/4in CHEAP ply and 1 layer front and back and it held for 4 or 5 long practices and did not give till Rikr hit it repetitively with his Calontiri Great Sword. I think 2 laminated layers of GOOD 1/4 in ply and 2 layers of paper front and back (wrapped over the edges) would prob. have a long lifespan. You have to use Elmer's white glue though, not wood glue on the paper. It does not crack, and bonds well to both paper and wood ( this little tid-bit I picked up from engineers that build replica WWI biplanes). 

Lochlan

--- On Sun, 12/14/08, Baronman at aol.com <Baronman at aol.com> wrote:
From: Baronman at aol.com <Baronman at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Sheild thickness
To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 11:25 PM

 
Interesting concept- how does it work?  I would think that the tensile  
strength of paper wouldn't add much weight but also wouldn't add that
much to  the 
overall strength.
Bors
 
 
In a message dated 12/14/2008 10:56:37 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
brandonsmcd at yahoo.com writes:

You  could laminate it with 1 or 2 layers of butcher paper and Elmer's
white 
glue  on both sides and make it quite  strong.

Lochlan


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