Originally Posted by
Jon Steffen
Is Industrial Plywood a business with 2 locations in Pennsylvania? Gotta find a place like that near me in central wisconsin.
Yes. My deliveries come out of the Reading location. Great folks. Really nice material. And if a piece "sucks" for some reason, they replace it. Further, they deliver two days each week to my area, so if I book a project I can generally have material within a few days without having to run around to transport and lift it myself. The $300 minimum for free delivery ($11.50 fuel charge only) isn't very hard to make and if I need to in a rare case, I'll buy an extra piece of something I know I'll use to hit that mark, such as "close out" shop grade stuff/minor damaged pieces for utility, templates, etc. It would be unusual if you didn't have one or more firms in your general area that are "real" sheet goods suppliers. Talk to some local cabinet makers about who they buy from. Most will sell to individuals, but if you're faced with only choices that only sell to the trades, you can often work a deal with a local cabinet shop to have your needs added to their order for a small incentive, if you catch my drift.
Sounds expensive, maybe i'll stumble on this during my plywood search.
Custom laid up veneer plywood is a staple for some architecturally driven projects so despite the cost for "custom", it fills an important role in the supply chain.
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