Does anyone know where you can find 1/8" or 1/16" birch sheets for laminating? Thanks Brett
Does anyone know where you can find 1/8" or 1/16" birch sheets > for laminating? …Lengths??? …Width??? …Laminating???To what???For what??? PaulJensen
…Lengths???>>> …Width???>>> …Laminating???To what???For what???>>> PaulJensen Paul I am looking for sheets that could produce a 43" skateboard roughly 7 plys(A beach cruiser). I have read this discussion for a long time in hopes to have enough information to begin shaping surfboards, but due to the fact I am a poor college student I can’t afford the supplies needed to shape. Thankfully I have access to a woodshop so I figured I would make a skateboard after the post I saw recently. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Brett
A good lumberyard will have 5’x5’ sheets of baltic birch plywood…Thickness range is 1/8" - 1/4" - 3/8" - etc…Price for a 1/4" sheet is about $25… Paul
A good lumberyard will have 5’x5’ sheets of baltic birch > plywood…Thickness range is 1/8" - 1/4" - 3/8" - > etc…Price for a 1/4" sheet is about $25…>>> Paul I’m buying 3/4" Baltic birch plywood (13 plys), out of L.A. , in 4x8 sheets for ~ $40.00 / sheet. Years ago, it would run in the $75.00 / sheet range. Hard times in Russia.
I’m buying 3/4" Baltic birch plywood (13 plys), out of L.A. , in 4x8 > sheets for ~ $40.00 / sheet. Years ago, it would run in the $75.00 / sheet > range. Hard times in Russia. If it’s really Baltic birch, it’s been a long time since any of the baltic nations were part of the USSR. I guess times are equally hard though. regards, Håvard
If it’s really Baltic birch, it’s been a long time since any of the baltic > nations were part of the USSR. I guess times are equally hard though.>>> regards,>>> Håvard … …Homedepot has 3ply 1/8" birch doorskin 4’ x 8’ sheets for $8.00.You need to use 3,4 or 5 layers of this to make a blank,just have them mill it to the right size blank panels you need,and watch your grain direction.Herb .
If it’s really Baltic birch, it’s been a long time since any of the baltic > nations were part of the USSR. I guess times are equally hard though.>>> regards,>>> Håvard Sorry for the misrepresentation. Although I try to keep up, I was never very good w/ the borders “over there”. As long as I can remember we have always called this material Baltic birch , or Finish birch. As a force of habit , it came from either Finland or Russia. Without paying much attention to geography I blurted out my programed response. Thanks for the correction, and again, sorry for the ignorance. By the way, what is the origin of that plywood we love to use; Also , what are your thoughts of us using the imported material. In many ways it is superior to our (U.S.)domestic material. Better product at a cheaper price. Sounds like a familiar theme. --Skip
There are some interesting plywoods out of there… LitePly…40% lighter than most… From Italy…Bending Plywood…Can form tight radius’s… Aircraft Ply… Finland Birch… Russian Birch… Euro Birch… Check them out at www.northamply.com Paul
The word Baltic could perhaps also refer to; “Birch from the Countries bordering the Baltic Sea”. (Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland Poland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark.) Beautiful tree with a Black and white trunk, the bark can also be used for making baskets bags etc very tough material. And the tree sap can be used for making a nice slightly fermented sweet drink. Regards Erik (Baltic sea surfer)
Thanks Erik.
The word Baltic could perhaps also refer to; “Birch from the > Countries bordering the Baltic Sea”. (Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, > Latvia, Finland Poland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark.) Beautiful tree with a > Black and white trunk, the bark can also be used for making baskets bags > etc very tough material. And the tree sap can be used for making a nice > slightly fermented sweet drink. Regards Erik (Baltic sea surfer) Thanks Erik.