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Good advice, but as was said, it's not that good plywood isn't readily available around here, it's just that I really didn't know what could or should be used. So chances are, I won't have to use ninja tactics to get my wood (funny phrasing...)

Plus, I don't drive a pick-up

Fir is OK for a carpet finish, gosh awful with paint or DuraTex. Find a local kitchen cabinet maker and find out where he gets his plywood. BTW, 90% of the plywood sold in the northern half of the US comes from Canada, and most of that from Quebec. There's probably a mill within 20 miles of your ho...

Okay, thanks guys. So I gather that void free is important, but that 95% void less is also acceptable as long as the wood has one perfect face and another good face AND is straight. Makes sense since if it's still structurally strong, it doesn't matter if there is some voids inside. I'll probably go...

The guy was a bit, shall we say, evasive about the size of the scraps. And from the way he answered the phone, I don't think I should be bothering him unless I really, REALLY, need to, if you guys get my drift.

Any A/C or A/B 5-ply will work.

What does that mean ? God, I'm such a n00b

So select fir would be an option (or is it better but not suitable). I've been on the phone ever since I posted and it just gets worse and worse with people recommending all sort of screwy stuff (solid maple!). I've had one guy say to me that he has Baltic Brich, it's void-free, but he doesn't sell ...

I'm building an O15 TB and I've called a few local places and none of them carry the wood specified in the plans in a sufficient quality. The best I've scored is veneered 1/2" 5-ply spruce but the outer veneer is only for "looks": it's thin and the plywood is not guaranteed to be void...