Arauco plywood

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Re: Arauco plywood

#46 Post by Jon Barnhardt »

I paid around $32 for the last order. (5x5)
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Re: Arauco plywood

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You lucky so-and-so's. I live so much closer to the source but decent quality birch costs about twice as much or more here.
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Re: Arauco plywood

#48 Post by Buzzboy60 »

I went to my Lowes and found out they DON'T carry the Arauco in our area; Home Depot doesn't carry it either. They do have the Blondewood but that it doesn't sound like a good choice. Guess I'll just keep hunting.
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Buzzboy60 wrote:I went to my Lowes and found out they DON'T carry the Arauco in our area; Home Depot doesn't carry it either. They do have the Blondewood but that it doesn't sound like a good choice. Guess I'll just keep hunting.
If you got a Lowes and a Home Depot in your town, my bet is you have at least 2 quality lumberyards as well. Start there.

Call a cabinet shop in your town and ask then where they buy their sheet material.
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#50 Post by Ryan A »

For midwesterners, there's the acx at menards too. Its made by Bessemer plywood corp.
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Re: Arauco plywood

#51 Post by Buzzboy60 »

We only have a Lowes in our small town and they've driven the regular lumber stores out of business. There is a Menards about 30 miles away and they show the Arauco in 1/2". I've never shopped at Menards and had forgotten about them. Thanks for jarring my memory.
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Re: Arauco plywood

#52 Post by tartan »

I contacted Arauco corporate, and they gave me three names for Denver, Colorado. Two of them struck out.

Denver Lumber (Denver) 303/733-5543
has never heard of Arauco

Front Range Lumber (Lakewood) 303/988-5980
has never heard of Arauco
1/2" real Baltic Birch 5x5 $50.xx
1/4" real Baltic Birch 5x5 $29.xx

Strait Lumber (Aurora) 303/366-3561
Arauco 15/32" 4x8 $40.64
Arauco 1/4" 4x8 $33.60
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tartan wrote:Front Range Lumber (Lakewood) 303/988-5980
has never heard of Arauco
1/2" real Baltic Birch 5x5 $50.xx
1/4" real Baltic Birch 5x5 $29.xx

Strait Lumber (Aurora) 303/366-3561
Arauco 15/32" 4x8 $40.64
Arauco 1/4" 4x8 $33.60
OUCH! :roll: :bash: :cussing: :chainsaw:
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Re: Arauco plywood

#54 Post by mtbdudex »

Lansing Michigan Menards (the south store)
1/4" - 4' x 8' Premium ACX Plywood1/4" x 4' x 8'Sku: 1251060Model: 690048$24.99
1/2" x 4' x 8' Premium ACX Plywood1/2" x 4' x 8'Sku: 1251062Model: 690051$29.99
3/4" x 4' x 8' Premium ACX Plywood3/4" x 4' x 8'Sku: 1251064Model: 690053$39.99
Gosh, we were so close getting a Menards here in Hartland, Mich, yet Hartland township were forcing tough zoning onto them, causing extra $1M in fencing, so Menards gave up. I was so bummed. August 18, 2012
http://hartland.patch.com/articles/mena ... d-location
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Re: Arauco plywood

#55 Post by Harley »

DJPhatman wrote:
tartan wrote:Front Range Lumber (Lakewood) 303/988-5980
has never heard of Arauco
1/2" real Baltic Birch 5x5 $50.xx
1/4" real Baltic Birch 5x5 $29.xx

Strait Lumber (Aurora) 303/366-3561
Arauco 15/32" 4x8 $40.64
Arauco 1/4" 4x8 $33.60
OUCH! :roll: :bash: :cussing: :chainsaw:
:cop: Be thankful you don't have to pay what we pay here! - even for our locally made stuff
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Re: Arauco plywood

#56 Post by AntonZ »

Harley wrote::cop: Be thankful you don't have to pay what we pay here! - even for our locally made stuff
+1 to that. Just about the only music thing that is same price or perhaps slightly cheaper over here, is B#hringer gear.
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