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Title: Home Depot
Post by: smitty0312 on August 24, 2012, 11:02:54 am
Does anyone know if Home Depot sells any type of 1/4" BB ply of  some sort. Thanks as always!
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Post by: mickey357 on August 24, 2012, 11:21:26 am
The one in Huntsville ,Texas does not.You might try Hobby Lobby.
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Post by: Graywolf on August 24, 2012, 12:06:37 pm
Yes they do, 1/8 1/4 1/2 and they will quarter the sheets for you for no extra charge.They do it here in Peru, IL. so they should do it systerm wide...
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Post by: JERMAN46 on August 24, 2012, 12:48:30 pm
Mine doesnt they do not even know what it is !
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Post by: jeff44 on August 24, 2012, 01:02:32 pm
Check out Michael's.  They have a lot of plywood and some soft woods in their wood craft section.  Jeff44
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Post by: Mainewoods on August 24, 2012, 01:04:57 pm
Our local Home Depot sells birch plywood, but not Baltic Birch plywood.  Big difference in quality.  We have a local lumber yard that carries the baltic birch, so it's easy for me to get here.  Good Luck!
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Post by: dgman on August 24, 2012, 01:32:08 pm
Typically, what H.D. sells is not Baltic birch. True Baltic Birch come in 5' x 5' sheets. If it comes in 4' x 8', its not Baltic birch.
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Post by: tvman44 on August 24, 2012, 08:39:53 pm
Not here.
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Post by: Billy in Va on August 25, 2012, 07:05:46 am
I think it was at the Blue Store last week, they had a new ( to  me)  sheet of ply called Blonde Wood Looked like it could have been poplar but the clerk was as uninformed as me!
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Post by: paul44224 on August 25, 2012, 07:41:10 am
HD has a 1/4" ply, but like DG said, not Birch. It's a China ply. Lots of voids, and very nasty to breathe. Very hard on blades. I get my Baltic Birch from sloanswoodshop.com Great prices and service. Excellent quality Birch ply. Lowes has a 5/32" ply, but has a very thin veneer top and bottom that chips and sands away quickly. Lowes has an Oak 5/32 ply that is nice to work with in 2'x4', 4'x4", and 4'x8'. I just posted 2 projects in the gallery using that Oak ply. Very nice to work with.
Paul
Title: Re: Home Depot
Post by: Billy in Va on August 25, 2012, 11:09:02 am
I also use the 5/32 oak ply also.  It is about he best thing going locally. Sometime It will have a void, and of course it will be the worst possible place. Ah another piece of designer firewood. Funny though here the Blue store usually carries    what amounts to 1/4 and 3/4 thick and the Orange store carries the 1/2 inch. Also I bought a sheet of the 1/2 inch earlier this year for about $26 and 2 weeks ago the same sheet cost $49.   I cut a bunch of 3-6 piece puzzles from the half inch. The puzzles are around 5 X 7 inches. Some less depending on the shape. I finish them with a bees wax paste and nothing else.  I sell them for $5 and they do well.  I do not use very much of the 3/4 thick.
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Post by: edward on August 25, 2012, 11:20:44 am
 I really don't like H D wood, you have to watch what you buy, maybe try Micheals, there wood is pretty good.  Edward
Title: Re: Home Depot
Post by: Danny on August 25, 2012, 11:26:49 am

Home Depot and Lowes here in Huntsville, Alabama DO NOT sell BB wood of any kind.
                            SLOANS IS THE WAY TO GO....  Danny  :+}
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Post by: julief on August 26, 2012, 08:40:56 am
The easiest way to tell if it is Baltic Birch is the dimentions.  A full sheet is 5' X 5'.   If you are buying 4 X 8 or a section of that (ie half sheet, quarter sheet)  you are getting birch plywood.  There is good quality birch out there but it is not baltic birch.
Title: Re: Home Depot
Post by: Kepy on August 26, 2012, 09:27:17 am
You might check at the pro desk as they will sometimes special order BB for you.
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Post by: Marcellarius on August 26, 2012, 12:26:06 pm
in Holland most big shops like home depot only sell poplar ply or oukume ply (hardwood)
BB is hard to get.
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Post by: geneVG on August 26, 2012, 08:10:31 pm
I know Menards has it, if you have one in your area.

gene