Wooden strips for laminating

[tedo1960]

I have a project in mind to make some laminated wooden mudguards/fenders for a vintage race bike I have restored. I need strips about 40mm wide and thin enough to laminate to a bike wheel radius of approx 360mm without the finished product getting too thick, say 2mm. Ideally a pale wood (Ash) and a darker one for a go faster stripe. 3 lamination's should do it, strips would need to be 1200mm for rear guard and about 650 for the front.
I intend to finish the product with a good varnish and SS fittings.

I cant post link but a similar project can be found by searching for laminated bicycle mudguards on the on instructables site

My question is where should I source this wood?

cheers

Ted

 

[custard]

Google "constructional veneer", you can get 2mm from plenty of veneer suppliers, like "Original Marquetry". It's not cheap.

Good luck!

 

[novocaine]

wooden blinds.
aim for 4mm else it will be to weak no matter how make them. which is ideal as it's 3 laminations.
this comes from experience, I made a set a few years ago, inlaid the stripe from a darker blind which I'd thinned to 0.5mm which was laid in post bend.

use an old rim as a form and loads of clamps.

I've also made a set with 1 peice (no lamination) and steam bent which worked perfectly.

 

[xy mosian]

This company, good firm, offer these packs.
http://www.britishhardwoods.co.uk/timber/thin-wood.html

xy