Where can one buy some of that laminated veneer plywood stuff. It's the one with the red veneer on top with striations along the edge. I'd like to make a nice table from it. Also, does it come in different colors? Some classmates at school would use this stuff but I'd always see it in red. Just wondering.
I'm a little confused by what you mean by RED (do you mean cherry? oak?) but anyway...
You CAN get hardwood plywood at home depot, 1/4 or 3/4", birch or oak.
A lumber yard will have better quality and more types of plywood veneers. They should have a variety of face species, face grades, and veneer cutting methods (Home depot only has rotary cut, which looks blaaa - plain sliced is better). Flip through your yellow pages and call them up.
One of the plywood products that is available in colors and has extremely nice layered edges is "finply." It is made by the Finland Color Plywood Corp. 310-396-9991.
There are some other plywoods with nearly as nice edges, and some colors are available. These are commonly referred to as "appleply" and "europly." I know you can get the faces in baltic birch and in A and B grade maple veneers. In Los Angeles there is a place called Anderson Plywood that stocks this stuff. Any good plywood place should be able to get it.
make sure you tape the board where you are making your cut and use a high tooth count blade on your saw--if not, the red veneer has a nasty habit of chipping out.
Yeah, this is the stuff I'm referring to. Pardon my lack of arcticulation, by the way. I'll try better next way. Anyway, I always thought it'd be a nice material to create some furniture out of. Thanks everyone. If you have any more advice or related info on building with this stuff, keep posting.
laminated plywood
Where can one buy some of that laminated veneer plywood stuff. It's the one with the red veneer on top with striations along the edge. I'd like to make a nice table from it. Also, does it come in different colors? Some classmates at school would use this stuff but I'd always see it in red. Just wondering.
I'm a little confused by what you mean by RED (do you mean cherry? oak?) but anyway...
You CAN get hardwood plywood at home depot, 1/4 or 3/4", birch or oak.
A lumber yard will have better quality and more types of plywood veneers. They should have a variety of face species, face grades, and veneer cutting methods (Home depot only has rotary cut, which looks blaaa - plain sliced is better). Flip through your yellow pages and call them up.
One of the plywood products that is available in colors and has extremely nice layered edges is "finply." It is made by the Finland Color Plywood Corp. 310-396-9991.
There are some other plywoods with nearly as nice edges, and some colors are available. These are commonly referred to as "appleply" and "europly." I know you can get the faces in baltic birch and in A and B grade maple veneers. In Los Angeles there is a place called Anderson Plywood that stocks this stuff. Any good plywood place should be able to get it.
yep...FinPly or ApplePly is probably what you're referring to. Beware though, It's not cheap.
http://www.fincolorply.com/
http://www.statesind.com/prod/ind_2a2.html
we used this stuff on a couple of projects--furniture, cabinets, etc. we found it under the name "finnform". (not from this specific site, though)
http://www.pdusa.com/products/finnform.htm
make sure you tape the board where you are making your cut and use a high tooth count blade on your saw--if not, the red veneer has a nasty habit of chipping out.
Yeah, this is the stuff I'm referring to. Pardon my lack of arcticulation, by the way. I'll try better next way. Anyway, I always thought it'd be a nice material to create some furniture out of. Thanks everyone. If you have any more advice or related info on building with this stuff, keep posting.
Oh yeah, in terms of not coming cheap, how expensive is it exactly?
I think prefinished A grade maple is about $125 for a 4x8 sheet. Real FinPly will cost more.
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