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   Jumpman | Feb 28, 2006 08:54am | #1

   Try this link.  If it doesn't work let me know...

   http://www.apawood.org/level_b.cfm?content=prd_ply_main

   You have to register to download the different technical documents, but registration is free and so are the documents for download.

   JJ

   
   

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   Edited 2/28/2006 12:58 am ET by Jumpman

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   BryanSayer | Feb 28, 2006 07:12pm | #2

   Cool site! Thanks!

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   polarsea1 | Mar 04, 2006 10:58am | #3

   Do APA standards apply to cabinet grade and hardwood plywoods? I think the APA is generally concerned with construction grade products.

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   gb93433 | Mar 06, 2006 05:42am | #4

   THe APA deals with softwood plywood.Hardwood plywood can have a number of cores and faces. Typically the hardwood plywood I have dealt with is graded A, B, 1, 2, 3 ,4. For example A1 would have an A face and a number one back. 4-4 would be a paint grade hardwood plywood with numerous fills. There are other grades in the industry. A good website is http://www.hpva.org/Another is at http://www.highlandhardwoods.com/hardwood-plywood.htmlMany companies will have proprietary grades made for them instead

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   citrouille | Mar 30, 2006 01:58am | #5

   If you need plywood guaranteed voids free, the only one I know is Broun zeel (not so sure of the spelling) the outside veneer is African mahogany, it is a marine grade, on the expensive side, with a great variety of thicknesses (metric) down to the aircraft size (2 mm ?) Great stuff.

   C.

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   citrouille | Mar 30, 2006 02:10am | #6

   Brunzeel is the proper spelling.

   C.

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   notDusty | Apr 03, 2006 04:54pm | #7

   Hi Bryan ,

                    Plywood cores also have a grading system . Apple Ply is about as void free you can get for a multi plied panel , usually with a Maple face .

          Another product often sells by the name of Armour Core , much of the on grade hardwood plywoods come with a layer of MDF or similar under the face of each side eliminating any core voids under the faces .

         Lastly Baltic Birch or as we used to call it Fin Ply , in the old days it was one of the only products I ever held that said made in USSR .

          good   luck       dusty