aggie79 wrote:The biggest issue I had with 1/8" baltic birch is fastening it until the adhesive set. I tried narrow crown staples but they "blew through" the plywood no matter how low I set my compressor or nail gun.
You need the modern version of the trick used by boatbuilders producing cold-moulded hulls:
Get some used polypropylene strapping tape used to wrap goods - short lengths with the joiners still in them work OK, so just ask to raid the scrap bin at almost any factory/warehouse.
Shooting the staples through the tape serves two purposes:
- the strength of the tape stops the staple from marking the surface of the ply and certainly stops 'blow-through';
- always leave a foot of tape unused at the end and you can just pull the tape to remove the staples after the glue has set, again avoiding marking the surface when extracting the staples (plus it's fun!).
Andrew