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   unionlabel | Nov 11, 2008 03:26am | #1

   You might want to try Aetna Plywood http://www.aetnaplywood.com/ . Here by me in the midwest they are a strong supplier of lumber core with outer veneers in various species.

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   mrbird90 | Nov 11, 2008 04:14am | #2

   Thanks, just checked out their web page and they are wholesale only, will call tomorrow and see if they have lumber core and if so will have a local lumber co. order for me if they will sell one sheet.

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   unionlabel | Nov 11, 2008 06:13am | #4

   Sorry, forgot about that. I order from my local yard here. I do believe you can get a single sheet, but you will also have to pay for the culls the piece is shipped in.

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   kreuzie | Nov 11, 2008 06:09am | #3

   Have you tried Toledo Plywood?

   kreuzie

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   mrbird90 | Nov 11, 2008 07:32am | #5

   Toledo plywood has the aspen-pine lumber core and I must have birch or maple on both sides. Thanks for the input. Need to match a piece made in 1890 or there abouts.

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   kreuzie | Nov 12, 2008 05:45am | #7

   Maybe Toledo Plywood can order it...? Ask for Diane...I used to talk to her when ordering laminate.

   There's a place in Toledo (Maumee or Perrysburg?)  called Cleveland Plywood, but I know nothing about them, if they're wholesale only or retail.

   You might have to try in the Cleveland area if you're in Sandusky. Detroit would be a bit of a drive.

   Have you ever been to Toledo Plywood? Quite a place. Check their web site for species, thicknesses and sheet sizes, especially their Shop Grade list. I've saved lots of $$$ there, and they know their products and are very helpful.

   There's a place a couple doors south of Toledo Plywood on Westwood, called KenCraft, also with a web site. They have some ply, but I doubt what you're looking for. Good selection of hardwoods, though, and moldings. If they don't have it in stock and you see a pattern you like in their large selection, they can run it for you in pretty much any species.

   Good luck!

   kreuzie

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   douglas2cats | Nov 12, 2008 05:04am | #6

   This would be a bit further than 60 miles if they have it, but if you can't find anything closer try calling Pontiac Plywood.
   http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_enUS291&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=pontiac+plywood+pontiac,mi
   In the past, they've had lumber core oak ply, and I'm pretty sure some cherry LC ply. Don't know what if any LC ply they might have at the moment but they sell to the general public as well as contractors if they have what you're after.

   If you build it he will come.

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   kreuzie | Nov 13, 2008 06:39am | #8

   Me again.

   If you absolutely have to have birch or maple faces on lumber core, you could make your own by glueing up a stable wood like poplar and applying sheet veneer to both faces (plane or sand the core so that the finished thickness is 3/4" (or whatever).

   Oakwood Veneer (online) has some maple 4' x 8' sheets for 2 bucks a square foot...this would entail a bit of $$ and extra work, but you'd have exactly what you need.

   Looks like one sheet would be just right.

   kreuzie

    

    

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   mrbird90 | Nov 14, 2008 02:18am | #9

   You ar right, that is an option but I was hoping to find the lumber core and save me a lot of time and $$$$$. Looks like that is what I will have to do.

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   kreuzie | Nov 14, 2008 05:44am | #10

   Not really. Figure it this way: A sheet of  .020 flat cut plain maple at Oak Veneer would be $62.00 (including shipping, no sales tax). (Less for .010).  Let's say Toledo Plywood had maple in lumber core at the same price as the aspen/pine; that would be $50.00, including sales tax.

   How much would you spend for gas to drive a pickup to Toledo and back? And the time involved?

   Probably a wash at today's lower gas prices, and, if you're retired, time is no problem; plus, you'd "have to" make a trip to the sheet goods candy store!

   The cost of poplar lumber for the core would make the price difference, and you'd have a few bucks in contact cement and glue, BUT, again, you'd have exactly what you've been after...made with YOUR hands.

   Keep me posted!

   kreuzie