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    What do you all pay for baltic birch?

    Afternoon everyone,

    I've been calling around to every place I can find in KC that might carry bb plywood to find the lowest price. Right now the cheapest I have found is $78 for a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 and $51 for a sheet of 5x5 3/4. Someone I know in another part of the country pays $42 for 4x8 sheets. Does anyone know why the huge price fluctuations around the country? Is it just proximity to a mill/manufacturer?

    4x8 sheets at my local hardwood dealer are $94!!

    What do you all pay in your neck of the woods?

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    I can't get Baltic Birch plywood here, but I can get furniture grade beech plywood. The metric equivalent of a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 inch (1250x2500x19mm) beech plywood from the Mannheim distributor is currently $112.51 per sheet.

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    $57 and $37, respectively (northwest Ohio) https://www.toledoplywood.com/produc...-birch/page/2/

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    Our store sells 5x5 3/4 Baltic birch for $54.49 a sheet, and 1/2" for $35.99 a sheet. We don't carry 4x8 sheets of Baltic birch, unfortunately. Our 3/4" is actually 18mm, and our 1/2" is 12mm.

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    3/4" 5 x 5 sheets are $54; 1/2" 5 x 5 sheets are $30. My understanding is true baltic birch does not come in 4x8 sheets.
    George

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    I think George is onto it a bit in that if you hear much of 4x8 sheets you should be cautious. The only time we ever have 4x8 baltic birch in the shop is as a core mateiral on an odd laminate panel that cant be laid up in any other core. Beyond that your going to be in 5x5. To me I guess the question is why does it have to be "baltic birch". If you have to have that material then cost is really not an issue, you just have to pay. We have literally never had an application that would demand the cost of baltic birch. There are many other materials that do the same job and are very high quality. If there was some sort of visible edge desirability I could see it.

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    If you can use a smaller piece, Rockler has some good deals now in store. 24" x 30" for 3/4" $13.79. I am using 1/2" for rebuilding my kitchen drawers. Dan

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    Mark, what alternatives to BB are you using? I haven't been able to find anything else with as many plies, or as consistent and flat.

    John

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    i can get true baltic birch in 4x8. i get it routinely from my supplier for $54 (18mm), $37 (13mm), $25 (6mm). 5x5s come in those sizes, and in 3/8" and 1/8".

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    My supplier has it in 4x8 and 5', and it is exactly the same material from the same manufacturer. Much cheaper when you buy a full lift.

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    Quote Originally Posted by George Bokros View Post
    My understanding is true baltic birch does not come in 4x8 sheets.
    You can get true BB in 4x8 as others have noted but it is rarer especially in some areas. There was a time when 4x8 BB was non-existent but I have started seeing it more often but a some of the 4x8 stuff is still the not true BB Chinese stuff.
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    Locally 4'x8' sheets of 1/2" BB goes for $45. However, driving 110 miles to Spokane, I bought it for $25. The people in Spokane supply our local lumber yards.
    Ken

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    5'x5' Russian Birch - $50 for 3/4", $35 for 1/2", $22 for 1/4"

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    1/2"×5'×5' - $26.99. Come to deep S. Texas (Brownsville/South Padre Island area) and pick you up a couple!

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    In central Texas I just paid in the mid-40s for a 5X5 of 3/4."

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