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I am looking for nice flake QSWO plywood. I live in Sycamore, IL. I believe the Harwood Connection has some out here but they sometimes are higher priced then online retailers. Anyone have a great source for Quality QSWO plywood with nice grain?
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(08-10-2017, 11:41 AM)ChicagoGlen Wrote: I am looking for nice flake QSWO plywood. I live in Sycamore, IL. I believe the Harwood Connection has some out here but they sometimes are higher priced then online retailers. Anyone have a great source for Quality QSWO plywood with nice grain?
Thanks,
GS
WOW! Good taste you have.
Unfortunately can't help you with a current source.
A couple/few decades ago I used to have to order the log run veneers and then make my own plywood.
Lots of work of course but the results were usually enchantingly dramatic in cabinetry -- especially with a following light water based aniline dye before finishing to emphasize the flash of the medullary rays.
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Ditto for curly maple.
Had an architect client from Mexico City who always ordered this for the things I built for him at his local residence on Jupiter Island.
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I buy the Columbia Forest Products stuff from my supplier in eastern Indiana. It's top notch stuff, and if you call them (CFP) they may be able to direct you to a supplier near you (if no one else comes up with a source).
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If you can't find a source for the ply, you might try veneering some good ply with QSWO veneer yourself.
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Go to Menards, special orders desk, be specific, and ask about right of refusal if it doesn't meet your criteria. I have very good luck with them down here in SW Ohio. Expect somewhere over 100 bux a sheet. Essentially they will be playing middle Man for what Fred suggested, but I find buying one or two sheets Menards price is lower, so they must be able to buy from Columbia at realllllllly low pricing. Now if you go to Columbia with a large order, the world is your Oyster....
QSWO Ply is a mouthful in the availability department at most lumber yards, WO all day long, but QS is a different story. The good news is it's almost always choice being cut from veneer grade stock, but that and being kinda rare makes for an expensive animal.
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(08-10-2017, 02:58 PM)AHill Wrote: If you can't find a source for the ply, you might try veneering some good ply with QSWO veneer yourself.
Depending on the availability of good quality QSWO lumber, and having a good resaw it will probably always be the cheaper way to go.
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I never had any luck making my own veneer -- even when I had a special set of back beveled blades ground for my four-bladed thickness planer. Anything thinner than 1/16 of an inch too often resulted in the veneer sheet being destroyed, and my thickness sander was manual feed so that didn't work out so far as consistent thickness goes.
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(08-10-2017, 03:38 PM)Steve N Wrote: Depending on the availability of good quality QSWO lumber, and having a good resaw it will probably always be the cheaper way to go.
I was thinking of purchased sheet veneer, not shop made. I did look up prices of a 4' x 8' sheet of QSWO veneer, and it's not cheap - more like $90-100 a sheet. I think he's better off special ordering ply where the veneer is already applied.
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I can price it out and get it for you if needed, I have a commercial account at wholesalers and a shop in the SW suburbs. I bought some 4x8x1/2" A1 mdf core for about $80/sheet a few months back.
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