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Other than the price and the ply, what's the difference, if any between regular birch plywood and baltic birch plywood?

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On 8/2/2013 at 8:13 PM, n8ball2013 said:

this is much worse. Its old n8 without the time or patience to hold fucking hands. I'm supposed to be doing school work but yet here i am making sure jr fuck fuck isn't trying to poke the other kids with a stick.

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I would like to know too cuz i wanna say at the menards by me baltic was 2x the price of regular birch plywood

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Birch Ply contains voids or non solid areas in the layers, Baltic Birch is void free but you pay dearly for it. Some birch ply is better than others as far as voids being present however. All depends on who manufactured it usually as to how void free it is.

True Baltic usually will come in a 5 foot by 5 foot sheet and run you anwhere from 55-95 bucks a sheet depending on where you find it. Some have said they can find it in 4x8 sheets but even my cabinet buddy has said not in true baltic.

Best bet to find it cheaper is to find someone you know that works in a woodshop building cabinets all day and find out if they can get some true Baltic Birch for you from thier supplier.

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Thanks kandiman, i happen to know some friends who own a cabinet fabrication shop so i'll give them a call

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On 8/2/2013 at 8:13 PM, n8ball2013 said:

this is much worse. Its old n8 without the time or patience to hold fucking hands. I'm supposed to be doing school work but yet here i am making sure jr fuck fuck isn't trying to poke the other kids with a stick.

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The birch I got from lowes came in a 4x8 sheet and it appears to be pretty void free.....regardless mine will only be housing an 8" on ~400-500wrms in a t-line bandpass.

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i used to get this baltic birch from a DIE manufacturer, they used to get it in 5'x10' sheets, and it came in 5/8, 3/4, 1, and 1 1/8 thicknesses. the 1 1/8 thickness was (if i remember correctly) 16 ply. This wood could stop shotgun slugs at close range. I could only get about 2-3 foot by 5 foot pieces. it would burn out saw blades with the quickedness. I cant find where it came from, a few pieces were stamped MADE IN POLAND, a little beyond my scope.

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You don't know if your panels have voids or not because you haven't split the wood ;]

Actually when you cut it you can get a good idea if there are voids...

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Exterior: Rear End Bagged, Black Grill, Lifted 2"

Amplifiers: Rockford Fosgate T8004 & T10001bd

Batteries: 2 Stinger SPV35, Kinetik HC2400

Electrical: Big 3, DC Power 290amp Alternator w/ MLA at 15.5v

Enclosure: 4.2 ft³ @ 33Hz 84sq.in. of port (20sq.in. per cube)

Headunit: Eclipse CD3200 w/ 80G iPod

Mids/Highs: Rockford T152s (a-pillars), Rockford T162s (doors)

Subwoofers: 1 15" Fi BL Fully Loaded

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