Wooden Cavity Cover

[PhilAngus]

Hi all,
I am in the UK. Does anyone know of a company who sells small and thin sheets of wood (maybe veneer) which would be suitable to make wooden control cavity and selector switch covers to replace the standard plastic ones. I would like to get a piece of ash and it would need to be about the same thickness as the plastic, so perhaps about 2 millimetres thick?

 

[stratamania]

You could take a look at http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk

Or Crimson Guitars, might be able to make you something.

 

[Cagey]

Hobby shops that sell material for radio controlled airplanes and boats also often sell very thin pieces of spruce plywood. I mean, like 1/8" or thinner. Then, finer wood supply shops often sell veneer, which isn't thick enough to make a cover out of, but would be suitable to cover one of those thin pieces of ply.

 

[gjacob]

You may be able to glue veneer to sheet metal.  If the cover is thick enough (or the wood is strong enough), you could also rabbet 1/8" wood to sit flush.

I'm guessing the plate will be about 1/16".  Here is a store in the UK that sells plywood as thin as 1/64" (and has 1/16"):
http://www.elitemodelsonline.co.uk/Products/Tools-Materials-Fuels/Building-Materials/Plywood/Plywood

 

[line6man]

If you are making a wooden control cavity, I would assume you have a router? Depending on your skills, you can do what I did and build a thickness planing jig to thin down scrap wood.

 

[whiskyboy1977]

you could try http://www.exotichardwoodsukltd.com

 

[PhilAngus]

Thanks for all your answers guys.  :cool01:

Line6Man, no I don't have a router. I was planning on just getting hold of a sheet of the right thickness and then drawing around the plastic cover and cutting it with a coping saw, then smoothing everything with sand paper and colouring as per body. 

 

[PhilAngus]

I have at last sourced some wood (ash). From good old Crimson Guitars in the UK, who are going to supply a small sheet of planed 3mm thick for me to make them with. I will post pics of course when I have it.