Help in Getting Plywood to DMS

DMS General
#1

I’m going to be building a couple of wooden display pedestals, and I need to get two 5’ x 5’ x 1/2" baltic birch plywood sheets to DMS. Unfortunately, neither Lisa nor I have a car we can fit this in. Is there someone in the market for buying baltic birch sheets? I can certainly help with the labor and gas in exchange for piggybacking on your purchase. I’ve also seen that Dakota Hardwoods in Dallas offers free delivery for orders of $300 or more. Anyone interested in putting together a group order for that much? Assuming it’s around $50 per 5’ x 5’ sheet, that’s six sheets. I could certainly use three of them.

Patrick

#2

Dakota Hardwoods doesn’t seem to carry any 5’ x 5’ Baltic Birch, at least it isn’t on their web site.

Plywood Company of Fort Worth has 12mm (~1/2") for $24/sheet. I’ve been needing to get some 3mm Baltic Birch, myself. I’ve sent them a question about what it would cost to deliver to DMS. I should have an answer within 48 hours. If delivery is too expensive, I can take some time off of work to go pick it up next week.

Cary

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#3

You might also check Wood World in north Dallas/Richardson. I’m not sure if they have 1/2", but I recently bought a 5x5 sheet of 1/8" baltic birch from there.

#4

Do you remember what you paid for it, @hasbridge?

#5

It was something like $25.

#6

Great! That is only a couple of dollars more than Plywood Company of Fort Worth, and if I remember correctly, Wood World is open on Saturday.

#7

@PatrickO, I heard back from Plywood Company of Fort Worth. They quoted out 12 sheets of my 3mm Baltic Birch at $22 each, and 3 sheets of 12mm Baltic Birch at $24 each, and the deliver fee was quoted at $28.54.

#8

That sounds like a great price. Unfortunately, I need to have my project done by Sunday. Can they deliver today or tomorrow?

Edited: Now that I look at the site (https://www.plywoodcompany.com/application/common/store/CategoryItemGrid.aspx?categoryid=114), the wood is “BIRCH, CHINESE C/LDO 12mm KRAFT PAPER OVERLAY BACK”. Do you have an experience in working with this? I’ve generally been told to stay away from Chinese plywood.

#9

This place is in Carrollton on Beltline road - has anyone tried them for wood products?

#10

I just called them, and they said they are wholesale supplier only.

#11

The product that they quoted is product number 5BBBB.

http://www.plywoodcompany.com/application/common/store/CategoryItemGrid.aspx?categoryid=117

You can give them a call and see if they can deliver in that timeframe.

#12

Got some 1/4" Baltic birch 5x5 (4 or 5) ply, can’t remember @ central hardwoods in Dallas today for $25 normally 28ish but mine had a bad corner. Dunno about thicker stock.

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-Andy

#13

Just a note, plywood always comes in odd numbers. [quote=“aallman72, post:12, topic:6503”]
(4 or 5) ply, can’t remember
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#14

Is 5x5 a common size? I’m used to 4x8 and home depot, etc.

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#15

Baltic birch from Europe is cut at 1525 x 1525 mm, which is just over 60 inches square. Depending on the number of plies, it can be 3, 6, 9 12, or 18 millimeters thick, which is slightly less than 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", and 3/4".

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#16

Thanks, I never knew that.

#17

I used to work with Baltic birch that was 1 1/8" thick (28mm) and we bought it in 60" x 120" - very very heavy sheets

#18

I’ve only seen Baltic Birch in 5x5. Some shops will use it for drawer sides, which makes sense for drawer lengths greater than ~24".

#19

These folks… http://www.hlcdallas.com/ …sold me a very fine piece of 18mm by 4 foot by 8 foot Baltic Birch. (Though, I believe the 4 foot by 8 foot was not exactly 4*8 but a close metric size.) My only complaint is that the thickness was consistently a bit shy of 18mm at 17.6 mm.

The 12mm by 5 foot by 5 foot Baltic Birch from the same vendor was a bit rough (lots of patches; warped).

The total, including tax, for the two sheets was $113.12.

#20

Bad phrasing on my part. I’ve only seen the 5x5 offered in Baltic Birch, not the other way around. Really good Baltic Birch (4x8, 3/4 nominal) is about $65/sheet at Central Hardwoods.

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