BB plywood special

cjkpkg · 10th September 2009, 05:13 PM

I just went over to my local Rockler to pick up some birch plywood and they are having a special on 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" 12" x 30" sheets - basically 2 for 1.

rockler plywood special

Pit Hinder · 10th September 2009, 05:20 PM

Am I allowed to very quietly strangle you, just as to show you my general feelings about people who get special offers of BB? Over here I ´d have to pay an arm and a leg, provided anyone would accept mine in the first place. ~€50 per sq.m.

AuroraB · 10th September 2009, 06:11 PM

Agreed! - but it's about 110$ for 0.5 sqm, which is still a LOT cheaper than anyhwhere in Europe (?)....
What do you pay in Germany?

Pit Hinder · 10th September 2009, 06:27 PM

Aurora Borealis - €50 per sq.m. is the standard over here...hey, you up in Scandinowhere are reputed to grow better birches and prettier blondes - could we swap...lower taxed alcohol vs better life?

planet10 · 10th September 2009, 08:13 PM

If you can pull all your pieces out of a 12x30 you are fine. Price seems a bit higher than we pay when we buy sheets, but ours doesn't come with the pretty face.

I hope the picture is of 12mm...

dave

badman · 11th September 2009, 09:16 PM

Nice deal for those of you without a local BB supplier. That's not me, I have aitwood 20 minutes away.

Aitwood Anderson

The Arauco ply at Lowes isn't as nice (not by a long shot) but is pretty good anyway, and very inexpensive. Think of it as halfway between quality general construction ply and baltic birch.

My last build used 3/4 CDX (lovingly selected sheets) with some 1/4" oak ply laminated over top. Works really nicely, but you have to be very careful when you cheap out on your ply, fill your voids, etc. Usually better to just get the good stuff. This particular build (Nelson's B20 TL design) used 2 sheets, is a folded TL and thus very structurally strong, AND got additional bracing. The front baffle was the lowes arauco, and the removable driver baffle baltic birch and MDF.

mp9 · 11th September 2009, 10:28 PM

i don't think i've come across arauco ply on the east coast. i think the best i've found at a big box has been the "sande" plywood at home depot. looks better than their plywood tropics usa birch from china. or the columbiaforestproducts.com made in usa purebond 3/4" maple ply.

i'm considering using the sande ply for the two 6' sides of a hiro/sachiko double mouth horn with 5x5 baltic birch for all other panels including the back by using the angle option so the rectangle will have six facets. it will all depend on what the 4X8 exterior grade russian birch ply looks like when i see it. cherry ply is too expensive so thats out.
i could use some input on any down sides sonically with the aforementioned idea?

badman · 11th September 2009, 10:40 PM

should be fine!

Nelson Pass · 12th September 2009, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjkpkg

I just went over to my local Rockler to pick up some birch plywood and they are having a special on 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" 12" x 30" sheets - basically 2 for 1.rockler plywood special

From the link I see that the 3/4" comes out at about $4 / sq ft.
Locally I get very nice birch plywood at a $1 / sq ft.

cjkpkg · 12th September 2009, 12:17 PM

yeah, the 3/4 was not on special...but not a bad price on the smaller thicknesses if you dont need a 4x8 sheet.

10th September 2009, 05:13 PM	#1
cjkpkg diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Roswell GA	BB plywood special I just went over to my local Rockler to pick up some birch plywood and they are having a special on 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" 12" x 30" sheets - basically 2 for 1. rockler plywood special

10th September 2009, 06:11 PM	#3
AuroraB diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norway, -north of the moral circle..	Agreed! - but it's about 110$ for 0.5 sqm, which is still a LOT cheaper than anyhwhere in Europe (?).... What do you pay in Germany? __________________ While the Lie leapt from Bagdad to Constantinopel, the Truth was still looking for it's sandals!

10th September 2009, 08:13 PM	#5
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	If you can pull all your pieces out of a 12x30 you are fine. Price seems a bit higher than we pay when we buy sheets, but ours doesn't come with the pretty face. I hope the picture is of 12mm... dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

11th September 2009, 09:16 PM	#6
badman Custom Title diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunny Tustin, SoCal	Nice deal for those of you without a local BB supplier. That's not me, I have aitwood 20 minutes away. Aitwood Anderson The Arauco ply at Lowes isn't as nice (not by a long shot) but is pretty good anyway, and very inexpensive. Think of it as halfway between quality general construction ply and baltic birch. My last build used 3/4 CDX (lovingly selected sheets) with some 1/4" oak ply laminated over top. Works really nicely, but you have to be very careful when you cheap out on your ply, fill your voids, etc. Usually better to just get the good stuff. This particular build (Nelson's B20 TL design) used 2 sheets, is a folded TL and thus very structurally strong, AND got additional bracing. The front baffle was the lowes arauco, and the removable driver baffle baltic birch and MDF. __________________ I write for www.enjoythemusic.com in the DIY section. You may find yourself getting a preview of a project in-progress. Be warned!

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10th September 2009, 05:20 PM	#2
Pit Hinder diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hannover, Germany	Am I allowed to very quietly strangle you, just as to show you my general feelings about people who get special offers of BB? Over here I ´d have to pay an arm and a leg, provided anyone would accept mine in the first place. ~€50 per sq.m.

10th September 2009, 06:27 PM	#4
Pit Hinder diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hannover, Germany	Aurora Borealis - €50 per sq.m. is the standard over here...hey, you up in Scandinowhere are reputed to grow better birches and prettier blondes - could we swap...lower taxed alcohol vs better life?

11th September 2009, 10:28 PM	#7
mp9 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2006	i don't think i've come across arauco ply on the east coast. i think the best i've found at a big box has been the "sande" plywood at home depot. looks better than their plywood tropics usa birch from china. or the columbiaforestproducts.com made in usa purebond 3/4" maple ply. i'm considering using the sande ply for the two 6' sides of a hiro/sachiko double mouth horn with 5x5 baltic birch for all other panels including the back by using the angle option so the rectangle will have six facets. it will all depend on what the 4X8 exterior grade russian birch ply looks like when i see it. cherry ply is too expensive so thats out. i could use some input on any down sides sonically with the aforementioned idea?

12th September 2009, 12:17 PM	#10
cjkpkg diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Roswell GA	yeah, the 3/4 was not on special...but not a bad price on the smaller thicknesses if you dont need a 4x8 sheet.

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