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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Feb 5, 2018 4:21:49 GMT
I do carving of several pockets from a 250mm x 60mm piece and then a 22mm hole and a 4.5mm slot in a 250mm x 50mm piece and then screw those together to make my LED sign bases.
I really like Baltic Birch plywood but it's a lot more expensive and hard to find. Would love to use HDPE or something similar but again, price. Any ideas?
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Feb 5, 2018 4:44:05 GMT
Amazon has .5” thick 24” x 30” Baltic Birch Plywood for $11.99 + $3.99 shipping
Can anyone beat that price online?
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Feb 14, 2018 0:07:01 GMT
Well I ordered one piece of the .5" 24" x 30" Baltic Birch plywood from Amazon and it's beautiful, but I went to order a few more pieces and they have raised the price to $27.54 total, up from the $15.98 total I paid just 9 days ago!
I found a local cabinet maker who says he'll sell me a 5' x5' piece of 5/8 Baltic Birch plywood for $30. I'm going next week to take a look. I'm skeptical that it's actually Baltic Birch and instead is just plain old Birch, which is not good for what I want to use it for.
BUT, if it's the superior Baltic Birch for $30 for a 5' x 5' then I will buy several, lest he raise his prices too!
FWIW, cherokeewood.com has decent prices, including shipping, if no one near you has the Baltic Birch plywood.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Feb 14, 2018 1:10:35 GMT
I buy some 5x5 birch from my sheet goods supplier and they are pretty decent. A cabinet shop can usually specify the grade they are ordering so you may want to ask your cabinet shop guy what it is.
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Post by kaje on Feb 14, 2018 1:51:19 GMT
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Mar 15, 2018 21:34:04 GMT
I found a good price at Nashville Plywood, they sell a 5' x 5' .5" piece of Baltic Birch plywood for $21, and a 4' x 8' sheet for $30. It's a bit of a drive for me, but I found a cabinet shop 5 miles from my house that buys their wood from Nashville Plywood and they agreed to order me a sheet of it and I can pick it up 5 miles from here. THey tacked on $10 for a total of $40 for a 4' x 8' sheet but that's a steal compared to what I'd been paying. And unless my little sign business really takes off, that 4' x 8' sheet will last me a few months!
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Post by Derek the Admin on Mar 17, 2018 0:34:04 GMT
I’m glad you were able to work out something. The sheet goods from suppliers like that are much better than what you find in the big box stores.
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