Hey Wayne.

I get my apply ply from upper Canada. Don't know if that's any help to you up on the island. If you or the mrs are coming my way for anything i can mill some up for ya. Let me know.  

Wayne its time you pack your bags man and come home. We need you here! And the sleds stay sraight all year! Just not now as i am halway there saving money to visit you in haida gway if you will still put up with me.Cheers willem.    MIGht aswell think about a bow swop between the two of us! I have a two weight cane rod build for you.it is 6'6" twopiece and two tips. Should work in those small streams regards

Thanks Cody- gotta think of something.- cant carry on like this

hey Willem, my old friend, you are always welcome here mate- i know its a "Groot Trek" to get over here-especially when the exchange is 10 to 1!!!

sleds may stay straight, but i will have to dust off all my sidearms - and learn to shoot them again    :D   .

will send   you a pm, and talk about a bow swap!      

ApplePly is a brand name of thin (1/16" layers)laminated birch plywood.  Finnish Birch utilizes fairly thin laminations and may be easier to obtain.  All I have been able to find locally is standard "Baltic Birch" plywood.

thanks for clearing that up mate- i , in my ignorance actually thought it was ply made from applewood      
i thought Cody had won the lotto!!!   :D

Glue a popsicle stick sidewise across the lower end (what will be the wide end of a taper), or either side for a parallel (glue it to the sled, not the lamination) and butt the piece to be ground against that.   Works well for me.

good idea Chuck- so you feed in the thin end first?
no problems with that?
just go slow i guess!

Thats what i do.  Have had no problems at all.

awesome- thanks

Great idea, Chuck.