Could someone tell me the average weight of a 4 x 8 sheet of 3/4″ birch ply?
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I googled, but didn't spend much time on it..........
anywhere from 75 - 90 lbs.
Too heavy for me to muscle around anymore by myself. The awkward weight sucks.
Cut an oblong hole in the middle and it's a lot easier to handle.
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I save the effor of the hole and use a panel handle ... some of the best money I ever spent!!
Yeah, but it's harder to lose the hole!
If it could be done, I could do it!!
Besides .... I'd lose the saw to cut the hole!
Well a google on this topic showed several references to an estimated weight of plywood as being 25 lbs per inch of thickness. My guess is that this is a general value and that a cabinet grade plywood may weigh a bit more because it has fewer voids and such (i.e. it may tend to be a bit denser because of the higher consistency of the layers w/out voids commonly found in e.g. C-D grade or some such).
A sheet of 1.8 cm thick, 1.5m x1.5m marine grade baltic birch 13 ply plywood weighs 126# dry (have weighed one)
I'll let you do the conversion to 4x8 and 3/4"