Subject: Baltic Birch - How many layers?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:01:56 -0600

Hello,

  I've been trying to locate some good quality maple (veneered) plywood
for a project. So far a visit to the local HD yielded 4x8 sheets of
baltic birch with ~ 7 layers. My question is what is consider to be
"high" grade ply suitable for cabinetry ? C-1, C-2? i.e. How many layers
should I be looking for?

- Brian

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From: John & Cathleen Halliburton <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:56:43 -0600

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What thickness are you referring to?  For 3/4" thick baltic birch(or
Finnish birch) plywood, the number of plys is going to be 12-13.

JH

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From: [email-masked] (Gary Watts)
Date: 11 Feb 1997 22:08:49 GMT

[email-masked] wrote:
: Hello,

:   I've been trying to locate some good quality maple (veneered) plywood
: for a project. So far a visit to the local HD yielded 4x8 sheets of
: baltic birch with ~ 7 layers. My question is what is consider to be
: "high" grade ply suitable for cabinetry ? C-1, C-2? i.e. How many layers
: should I be looking for?

What you're looking at isn't Baltic Birch.  It's 1/8" standard fir plys with
a birch facing.  Most of this is A2 or A3 commonly.  Baltic Birch is all
birch plys that are around 1/16" giving 13 plys for a 3/4" sheet.  

To answer your first question though, A2 is commonly used for cabinet facings.

Gary Watts

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From: [email-masked] (Explodey2)
Date: 12 Feb 1997 03:46:00 GMT

You didn't mention the thickness you bought, but if it was 3/4", it was
not Baltic Birch with 7 layers. In fact, if you got it at Home Depot, it
was not baltic birch. It may have been birch plywood. Baltic Birch has 13
layers in 3/4", has a different spec for inner structure (no voids
allowed) and (in my area) is sold only in 5 X 5 sheets. They cost me about
$50 for 5 X 5.