Replies

1. 
   HWG | Oct 03, 2006 12:29am | #1

   That's what I paid for a sheet of cherry a year ago.

   Woody

2. 
   miller | Oct 03, 2006 02:47am | #2

   That seems really high.  Last time I bought 3/4 4x8 Red Oak I paid around $50.00.  It was good quality also.  Of course if I have to buy Cherry, Mahogany, or any hardwood other than Red Oak I have to pay three times as much as the others on this web site. 

3. 
   hammer1 | Oct 03, 2006 03:13am | #3

   Sounds like you got a price for a special order from a lumber yard. You may want to look around for some other sources. You need to find a supplier to the cabinet trade, some hardwood suppliers also carry cabinet grade plywood. The last plain sliced I bought was under $60. I found some pretty nice rotary cut, 3/4" red oak, Canadian ply at HD yesterday $42.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

4. 
   frenchy | Oct 03, 2006 04:38am | #4

   Napie, 

    Did you really need plywood for some reason?

      a sheet of plywood is 32sq ft.  if you buy rough sawn red oak at say $1.45 a bd.ft. it will cost you $46.40  sure you'll need to plane it and then glue it together if you need the full size  but that's no more than about an hours worth of work for me..

1. 
   miller | Oct 03, 2006 05:12am | #6

   I would like to find some rough sawn red oak for $1.45 a brf.  I usually pay a little over $3.00 a brf.  If he can't get 3/4 sheet of ply for less than$90.00 then I doubt he can get rough red oak for $1.45.

2. 
   Mumda | Oct 03, 2006 02:17pm | #8

   The cheapest r/s Red Oak I've found this year is $2.10 bd/ft and that's if I buy 1000 bd/ft minimum.Normally it's $3.45 bd/ft here (Michigan)

5. 
   Pondfish | Oct 03, 2006 05:10am | #5

   Was this A/A (good both sides)?  Makes a big difference if the ply has two "finish" faces.

   Recommending the use of "Hide Signatures" option under "My Preferences" since 2005
6. 
   BobMc | Oct 03, 2006 07:44am | #7

   Seattle, WA prices I paid 08/07/06

   White Oak 3/4 Rift/QS  $145.00 (Good both sides)

   Baltic Birch 3/4  $37.50

   Birch 3/4 C-3  $38.00

   Birch 1/4 A-3  $19.25

   Birch 1/2 shop $30.00

   Maple 1/4 A-4  $30.00

   Hard Maple 4/4 H&M (10 foot boards 6-10" width)  $4.75/bf

   Hond Mahog 8/4 H&M $8.15/bf

   The plywood prices are about half what I was quoted a year ago--except for the WO ply--I think the quote was $175.  All the 3/4" sheet goods are around 11 to 13 ply.

    

    

   
   

   ---

   Edited 10/3/2006 6:30 am ET by BobMc

1. 
   Napie | Oct 03, 2006 06:21pm | #9

   Maybe it is here in Michigan that the price is so out of line.  The quote was from a plywood distributer that also sells in small quantities.  I used to buy from them all the time and prices were very good and the quality is way above the box stores.

1. 
   pins | Oct 03, 2006 06:52pm | #10

   Red Oak 3/4 x 4 x 8 today at Home Depot in Warrenton, VA is $39.99Here: http://homedepot.bighammersoftware.com/SearchTable.aspx?cid=834246&res=3&search=plywoodJohn

1. 
   Mumda | Oct 03, 2006 09:47pm | #11

   That's not plain sawn, that's rotary sawn and it's usually junk at my HD.

1. 
   pins | Oct 03, 2006 09:58pm | #12

   Right, I missed the 'plain sawn' part.John

2. 
   pins | Oct 03, 2006 09:59pm | #13

   If 'sliced' is the same as 'plain sawn' its $83.20 here:http://www.viennahardwood.com/products.htmlJohn

3. 
   Napie | Oct 03, 2006 10:49pm | #14

   It said $74.07, not that it's much different.  I can't believe what has happened to the price of ply.  From a Google search the reasons listed are a $50 million purchase by the feds for the rebuiling in Iraq, great...

7. 
   Dockside | Oct 04, 2006 12:12am | #15

   In Michigan, a couple of places to try...

   Menards sometimes has a wonderful selection of hardwoods and plywood at reasonable cost for small qualities.  Their clear Aspen Pine is real furniture grade stuff not the construction lumber at the other stores

   Johnson's (Charlotte & Grand Rapids) has the board when no else has it (ie 18 ft long QS Sitka Spruce, Bobinga, you name it) but bring your credit card. 

   http://www.theworkbench.com/home.php

    

   Public Lumber (Det) has better prices but is hit or miss.  It is a good source for boat building supplies like Teak & Holly plywood, mahogany, & straight grained White Oak for steaming, etc.  Last year got a couple of long pieces of Purpleheart that only cost me a few bucks because they were ¾ X ¾. 

   http://www.publiclumber.com/

8. 
   JDiedrich | Oct 04, 2006 05:35pm | #16

   Try Toledo Plywood, in Toledo, Ohio.  They have a website, just google their name.

   Jim Diedrich

9. 
   jackplane | Oct 04, 2006 06:43pm | #17

   last week I paid 73$ apiece for several sheets of 3/4 birch ply!

   it was 53 and change just last year, same dealer...

    

1. 
   Napie | Oct 04, 2006 11:10pm | #18

   This is becoming a problem.  Tough to pass on to a customer.

10. 
    Telemike | Oct 05, 2006 07:07am | #19

    There are quite a few grades of face veneer available on plywoods ranging from rotary cut to plain sliced veneer and from workaday logs to plain sliced birds eye maple and better. Many of these are found in commercial specialty sales for professional interior millwork. "Straight grained", "vertical grain", or "plain sliced" are terms that indicate slicing of veneer and reassembly into larger sheets that resemble big glue ups. Most hardwood veneered plywood has face veneers that are rotary sliced like fir plywood. It is a long continuous sheet taken tangentially from the log. There are even variations in plain sliced veneers given the care taken in the assembly and the quality of the wood.

    Perhaps you've been quoted a price on a sheet with high quality face veneer(s) and the high price is justified.

    I still think that the best veneers are cut, not sliced.