Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

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Vinnyw
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Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

#1 Post by Vinnyw »

I found Baltic Birch Plywood quasi-locally...

http://hardwoodstore.com/ Gibsonville, NC 27249 has 1/8" through 1" Baltic Birch in 5 X 5 sheets...

If you buy 3 or more (mix and match sizes) they give you $5 off per sheet, so that is $20 per sheet for 1/8" with the discount... 1/2" is $39 per sheet which isn't too bad either...

I wish I'd found these guys sooner...
Vinny

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David Raehn
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Re: Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

#2 Post by David Raehn »

I just found 1/2" 5 ply radiata at Lowes for $29 (Stafford VA). It may be making a comeback in these parts.
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Bruce Weldy
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Re: Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

#3 Post by Bruce Weldy »

David Raehn wrote:I just found 1/2" 5 ply radiata at Lowes for $29 (Stafford VA). It may be making a comeback in these parts.

I hope I don't jinx it by saying so, but I just bought 5x5 BB for $22 a sheet. I don't understand why it's so high everywhere else.

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Vinnyw
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Re: Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

#4 Post by Vinnyw »

David Raehn wrote:I just found 1/2" 5 ply radiata at Lowes for $29 (Stafford VA). It may be making a comeback in these parts.
One can only hope...

The Lowes near my dad in Greensboro only had blondewood as a 5-ply... the veneer on that is so thin that it has only one side - I mean it looks like it is part of the ply below it...
Vinny

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sine143
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Re: Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

#5 Post by sine143 »

3/4 aracuo ply has been available at hd for ages now in nc, but 1/2 has yet to surface. Again, call hood distribution in high point nc. I'm paying 28 a sheet for 5x5 at the raleigh location
Built:
2x Tuba 30s delta12lf loaded (gone)
4x Otop12 d2512 loaded
8x t48s (18, 18, 24, 24, 30, 30) 3015lf loaded
2x AT (1 mcm, 1 gto 804)
2x SLA Pro (dayton pa6, 6 goldwood piezo loaded)
1x bastard XF208

2x OT212 (delta pro 450a loaded, eminence psd)

Vinnyw
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Re: Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

#6 Post by Vinnyw »

sine143 wrote:3/4 aracuo ply has been available at hd for ages now in nc, but 1/2 has yet to surface. Again, call hood distribution in high point nc. I'm paying 28 a sheet for 5x5 at the raleigh location
I called them; they told me that they don't sell to the public and to try the place I linked. The fact that you have a NC tax number at your disposal probably gets you around that.

My dad doesn't do much woodworking for hire (he's an ISO9000 auditor, so he isn't home all that much during the week), so he doesn't have a tax number or other stuff that would allow him to be classified as non-retail.

If I can plan better in the future, I'll see how to get around it myself.
Vinny

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sine143
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Re: Baltic Birch Plywood in North Carolina

#7 Post by sine143 »

I started buying from the raleigh location about 2 years before I had a state tax ID, guess I just got a nice person on the phone lol.
Built:
2x Tuba 30s delta12lf loaded (gone)
4x Otop12 d2512 loaded
8x t48s (18, 18, 24, 24, 30, 30) 3015lf loaded
2x AT (1 mcm, 1 gto 804)
2x SLA Pro (dayton pa6, 6 goldwood piezo loaded)
1x bastard XF208

2x OT212 (delta pro 450a loaded, eminence psd)

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