I want to buy some 3/4" plywood with a good face on both sides and no interior voids. I have googled and googled and read and read and I am still confused. What kind of ply do they call it and what would be the grade? Also if anyone knows an estimate on what a price would be that would be nice.
hawkeye10
Plywood, the good stuff?
Don
Baltic Birch plywood
Price?
number of hardwood stores sell this
Some of the big box stores also carry it
https://forestplywood.com/product/baltic-birch/?gclid=CLXo2q7yiNECFYmRfgodZ-oKig
Baltic Birch plywood
Price?
number of hardwood stores sell this
Some of the big box stores also carry it
https://forestplywood.com/product/baltic-birch/?gclid=CLXo2q7yiNECFYmRfgodZ-oKig
Appleply-- made by States Industries -- is good plywood, very good plywood. Made in the US-of-A. Equals Baltic Birch quality and stability. Multiple veneer core. Available in 4x8' sheets -- not metric sized! 'Fer 'zample': a 4x8' sheets of 3/4" has 13 plies.
Have been told that the so-called "Russian Birch" is not very stable, has voids, and not worth the cost.
Read all 'bout it: States Industries
Have been told that the so-called "Russian Birch" is not very stable, has voids, and not worth the cost.
Read all 'bout it: States Industries
Balic Birch around here is in 5x5 sheets around $50 per sheet. Rockler and some other woodworking stores carry it, lumber yards. Some have suggested checking local cabinet shops to see where they buy it from, or even arrange to buy it through them. I have heard nice things about Appleply, but have never used it. The 4x8 sheets would be nice. Real Baltic Birch does not have voids, but the second side usually has some patches. Chinese cheap stuff sold at big box stoes isn't particularly nice and almost always has voids. A sheet I got not long ago had a layer made of bamboo strips and was useless. Impossible to cut a clean dado, rabbit or groove without splintering. I have to drive 120 miles RT to buy the real stuff, but prefer to look it over carefully for warping before buying. Once you use Baltic Birch quality ply, you won't settle for anything else.
This is always a conundrum because some of this stuff is hard to come by in different regions. Apple Ply, to the best of my knowledge, is non-existent in the Eastern half of the US. Baltic Birch is expensive and hard to source, but available if you look. Most of us will have to engage in a road trip to get BB, which drives up the cost.
I sympathize with people trying to get BB. I can acquire it through the area Hood Distributor/Mc Ewen Group but as I was told by a Hood rep, they bill through the local Woodcraft store. OUCH! A half sheet of "3/4" is $50+. This would be around 20-25% more than what a comparable 5' x 5' was quoted above.
I looked at some USA made (Birch) faced ply at Lowe's yesterday. $47 for a piece of "3/4" that were so full of voids that I swear you could have seen through to the other end.
So, the only solution I see is to find a source for BB (or Apple Ply) make a road trip and bring your checkbook (stock up).
I sympathize with people trying to get BB. I can acquire it through the area Hood Distributor/Mc Ewen Group but as I was told by a Hood rep, they bill through the local Woodcraft store. OUCH! A half sheet of "3/4" is $50+. This would be around 20-25% more than what a comparable 5' x 5' was quoted above.
I looked at some USA made (Birch) faced ply at Lowe's yesterday. $47 for a piece of "3/4" that were so full of voids that I swear you could have seen through to the other end.
So, the only solution I see is to find a source for BB (or Apple Ply) make a road trip and bring your checkbook (stock up).
Hood is who I buy from but unless they have changed they don't bill through Woodcraft. The closest Woodcraft is about 40 miles from Hood. That might be the reason I don't know.
Anything is better than chinese plywood.
http://www.routerforums.com/general-routing/32340-chinese-plywood.html#post261803
http://www.routerforums.com/general-routing/32340-chinese-plywood.html#post261803
I could kick myself because I bought a sheet of 1/2" BB for $33 when it went on sale at WP. Screwed up my window casing and went back for more and it was three times the cost .
I should have bought a dozen sheets at that awesome price when I had the chance
Don't know where I would have stored it though :|
I should have bought a dozen sheets at that awesome price when I had the chance
Don't know where I would have stored it though :|
Locally, I don't care to buy the plywood from the big blue box store. They don't carry birch, just oak, maple and blondewood.
Now at the big orange store, they carry birch made by Columbia Products in the USA. That seems to be OK for paint grade, which is C2. Obviously grade C2 is not the best cabinet grade. I go to the Hardwood dealer to buy the good stuff. The walnut I bought for the liquor cabinet was almost $125 for the 4x8 sheet. Birch can be had good one side or two. You pay for what to you get.
Now at the big orange store, they carry birch made by Columbia Products in the USA. That seems to be OK for paint grade, which is C2. Obviously grade C2 is not the best cabinet grade. I go to the Hardwood dealer to buy the good stuff. The walnut I bought for the liquor cabinet was almost $125 for the 4x8 sheet. Birch can be had good one side or two. You pay for what to you get.
As always the Forum discussions are informative, I was not aware of States Industries and they do have 3 local suppliers in this area. I'll be checking it out for sure. Otherwise I use only Baltic Birch.
Rainman, if there are no trees in BC, where does Sasquatch hide during the day?
I repaired the deck and seats in my old boat several years ago. I'm not sure about the surfaces as they weren't furniture quality. I was told that marine plywood has not voids to prevent water from collecting in the wood layers.
Shocked at the prices of plywood as mentioned here. I might cut come trees and make my own. Yeh, right!
I repaired the deck and seats in my old boat several years ago. I'm not sure about the surfaces as they weren't furniture quality. I was told that marine plywood has not voids to prevent water from collecting in the wood layers.
Shocked at the prices of plywood as mentioned here. I might cut come trees and make my own. Yeh, right!
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