I recently picked up 6 sheets of birch plywood (shop grade) at local yard (not a big box) for a small cabinet project. After doing all my rough length cuts with the circular saw I discovered that each sheet was 48.5″ wide. I have used a lot of birch over the years and have never seen it oversized. Was this just an odd batch or something new?
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I've seen it done with MDF. I like it.
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It seems everything i get from my supplier is oversized. It stops folks from complaining when the corner is crushed or slightly out of square I guess.
48.5 x ?
I've always seen MDF, melamene/particle board but I havent seen ply oversized yet.
Its done so that you can trim the bad edges off.
I think most of the cabinet grade plywood I have bought over the years is oversized. For many cabinet makers, the "factory edge" is not good enough.
Maybe ya need a new tape measure? LOL
Most MDF is 49x97 to allow for kerfs when cutting I was told.
Birch veneer MDF would logically be same sized.
Birch PLYWOOD ought to be standard.
I did score some BAltic birch 2 yrs ago that was 49x97..go figgure..I never saw baltic in the 60x60 or 49x97 in a big box store. They usually just stock poplar/alder core with a REALLY REALLY thin veneer face..and loaded with voids, that telgraph right through the face veneer when hit with a wet finish..awful stuff.
Can you describe the core of what you bought?
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Birch plywood core was 5 ply (plus the veneer layers). Looks like poplar on the inside. The overall thickness was a fat 3/4", maybe 1/32+ over. Very nice veneer on both sides actually and I don't recall any voids at all. I picked it from the "shop" grade stack, in retrospect, I wonder if they put a lift of "premium" grade in there by mistake. One of them wierd things I guess. Will be sure to always check in the future.
Thanks for your feedback.
Red Hen
Have not seen that yet----but have gotten ply that is of varying thicknesses. I got a new computer and decided to knock out a new desk for it---a one sheet of ply kinda thing. Oak ply from HD---space on one side for the CPU and a shelf. Decided to do dados for the joinery----router and plywood bit----the undersized bit designed for ply.
Uhuh---ply was over 3/4" thick!!!!
Did not find out until dryfitting-----just redid the dado's, but still was confizzled!!!
My local plywood/hardwood dealer stocks oversized plywood. The big box and regular lumberyards stock standard size.