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gilles

06/12/2004 9:59 PM

Real thickness plywood in Ottawa Canada?

Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
sell closest 5.2mm ply.

I wouldn,t be too keen to order it from a distant source (delivery
cost would likely be prohibitive).

Gil


This topic has 14 replies

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in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

06/12/2004 8:07 PM

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:59:13 -0500, gilles <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
>5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
>Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
>sell closest 5.2mm ply.
>
>I wouldn,t be too keen to order it from a distant source (delivery
>cost would likely be prohibitive).
>
>Gil


I don't know your town, so I can't answer your question directly.

but.....

veneered mdf panels measure out closer to their nominal sizes than
veneer core panels at the places I buy them. look in the phone book
for hardwood distributors, perhaps cabinet shop suppliers. home despot
is the wrong place to be looking.

Br

Ba r r y

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

08/12/2004 11:41 AM

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:03:31 -0500, "Upscale" <[email protected]>
wrote:


>Most 3/4" plywood these days (Canadian plywood) is actually in Metric in
>size. I've seen 17, 18, 19, 19.5 mm. 19mm or 19.5mm are the most common I
>believe. It's a pain mostly in the sense that additional router bits have to
>be purchased to accommodate it.

If you mean for dadoing, I dado with a saw. <G>

The dado gets shimmed to whatever plywood I'm using.

Barry

gG

in reply to Ba r r y on 08/12/2004 11:41 AM

08/12/2004 7:08 PM

I have figured out it is easier to use my table saw to fine tune the slot. I
cut the critical dimension first then just "sneak up" on the slot size moving
the fence until a scrap of the plywood I am using is a good fit. You can use
the router to eat out the material between the cuts.

Bu

"Battleax"

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 1:22 PM


"gilles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> As I said in my message, I tried Wood Source, they only have the
> 5.2mm.
> Gil

Oops, missed that part. My only other suggestion would be Pilon Ltee. in
Hull. They will order special but no guarantee what they call 1/4 won't be
5.2mm.
I think true 1/4" will be hard to find.







>
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:03:14 -0500, "Battleax"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"gilles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
> >> 5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
> >> Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
> >> sell closest 5.2mm ply.
> >>
> >> I wouldn,t be too keen to order it from a distant source (delivery
> >> cost would likely be prohibitive).
> >>
> >> Gil
> >
> >Try The WoodSource (Adams & Kennedy), Manotick
> >
>

Bu

"Battleax"

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 9:03 AM


"gilles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
> 5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
> Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
> sell closest 5.2mm ply.
>
> I wouldn,t be too keen to order it from a distant source (delivery
> cost would likely be prohibitive).
>
> Gil

Try The WoodSource (Adams & Kennedy), Manotick

Uu

"Upscale"

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 7:03 PM

"Ba r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:34:22 -0500, Carlos Moreno
> I always assumed that standard plywood was interchangeable with it's
> "listed" thickness.

Most 3/4" plywood these days (Canadian plywood) is actually in Metric in
size. I've seen 17, 18, 19, 19.5 mm. 19mm or 19.5mm are the most common I
believe. It's a pain mostly in the sense that additional router bits have to
be purchased to accommodate it.

Uu

"Upscale"

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 2:08 PM

"gilles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks Carlos, I am not insulted at all. I know about those bits. I am
> doing a piece of furniture from a plan which calls for 1/4 ply, so I
> would like to see if it is possible to get it. I have seen it in the
> college where I took a course in cabinetmaking. I guess I should ask
> the college where it got it.

Here's a couple of sources in Ottawa. Try calling them up if you haven't
dealt with them before.

http://members.rogers.com/wsguthrie/Eastern%20Ontario.htm

CM

Carlos Moreno

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 5:34 PM

gilles wrote:
> Thanks Carlos, I am not insulted at all. I know about those bits. I am
> doing a piece of furniture from a plan which calls for 1/4 ply, so I
> would like to see if it is possible to get it. I have seen it in the
> college where I took a course in cabinetmaking. I guess I should ask
> the college where it got it.
> .. I guess I am just stubborn. I WANT 1/4 in (jumping up and down).

Hahaha... Ok, if you want it and you know it does exist, then
no reason why you should settle for less than that :-)

Sorry I can't be of more help... I'm in Montreal, and the couple
of Plywood panels I've bought from Robert Bury (which, BTW, I think
they have offices in several other cities in Canada) of nominal
thicknes 3/4 are not really 3/4 -- more like 47/64 or 23/32.

Never asked them if they have panels of true 1/4 or 1/2 or 3/4,
because the thickness wasn't really critical for me, but you might
want to try them (assuming that they have offices in Ottawa, which
I think may be the case). They do have a variety of good-quality
Plywood.


Carlos
--

OL

"Owen Lawrence"

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 6:22 PM

Can you be flexible on the "oak" part of your request? The Baltic birch I
bought from The WoodSource measures as close to 1/4" as I can see.

(I didn't think so.)

- Owen -

"gilles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> As I said in my message, I tried Wood Source, they only have the
> 5.2mm.
> Gil
>
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:03:14 -0500, "Battleax"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"gilles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
> >> 5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
> >> Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
> >> sell closest 5.2mm ply.
> >>
> >> I wouldn,t be too keen to order it from a distant source (delivery
> >> cost would likely be prohibitive).
> >>
> >> Gil
> >
> >Try The WoodSource (Adams & Kennedy), Manotick
> >
>

Br

Ba r r y

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 11:22 PM

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:34:22 -0500, Carlos Moreno
<[email protected]> wrote:


>Never asked them if they have panels of true 1/4 or 1/2 or 3/4,
>because the thickness wasn't really critical for me, but you might
>want to try them (assuming that they have offices in Ottawa, which
>I think may be the case). They do have a variety of good-quality
>Plywood.

I always assumed that standard plywood was interchangeable with it's
"listed" thickness.

For example, 3/4" simply meant the 23/32 stuff everyone sells.

Barry

gg

gilles

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 10:30 AM

As I said in my message, I tried Wood Source, they only have the
5.2mm.
Gil

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:03:14 -0500, "Battleax"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"gilles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
>> 5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
>> Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
>> sell closest 5.2mm ply.
>>
>> I wouldn,t be too keen to order it from a distant source (delivery
>> cost would likely be prohibitive).
>>
>> Gil
>
>Try The WoodSource (Adams & Kennedy), Manotick
>

RE

Ralph E Lindberg

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

10/12/2004 6:33 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
Ba r r y <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:34:22 -0500, Carlos Moreno
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >Never asked them if they have panels of true 1/4 or 1/2 or 3/4,
> >because the thickness wasn't really critical for me, but you might
> >want to try them (assuming that they have offices in Ottawa, which
> >I think may be the case). They do have a variety of good-quality
> >Plywood.
>
> I always assumed that standard plywood was interchangeable with it's
> "listed" thickness.
>
> For example, 3/4" simply meant the 23/32 stuff everyone sells.
>

Well... some years back I was building something (I don't recall what
now) But it used 3/4 cabinet grade plywood. I had an old scrap I set the
dado blade to cut the groves. Then went to my local supply place and
bought a new sheet.
The new sheet was the new 23/32, and I had cut all the dado's for rea
3/4.
During the years between when I bought the piece the scrap came from,
and when I bought the new stuff, they had changed the standard <sigh>

It's like trying to find real 2x4s, when you are remodeling a house
old enough to have been built with 2x4s, rather then 1-1/2 by 3-1/2

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Carlos Moreno

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 10:59 AM

gilles wrote:

> Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
> 5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
> Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
> sell closest 5.2mm ply.

Why does it have to be exactly 1/4? I'll dare to second-guess
that it is because you need to make it fit exactly in 1/4 grooves;
if that's the case, you could get (from Lee Valley, at least, but
I bet from any other supplier as well) Plywood router bits, which
have the exact measurements of plywood panels (i.e., you'll find
your 15/64 straight bit).

You probably knew all this, and I apologize if I'm insulting you
with information that is trivia for you. But I thought it might
be worth mentioning, just in case.

Cheers,

Carlos
--

gg

gilles

in reply to gilles on 06/12/2004 9:59 PM

07/12/2004 1:21 PM

Thanks Carlos, I am not insulted at all. I know about those bits. I am
doing a piece of furniture from a plan which calls for 1/4 ply, so I
would like to see if it is possible to get it. I have seen it in the
college where I took a course in cabinetmaking. I guess I should ask
the college where it got it.
.. I guess I am just stubborn. I WANT 1/4 in (jumping up and down).
giL

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 10:59:09 -0500, Carlos Moreno
<[email protected]> wrote:

>gilles wrote:
>
>> Does anyone from Ottawa Canada, know where I could get 1/4 inch (not
>> 5.2 mm or appx 13/64 in) oak veneer plywood (or particle core veneer)?
>> Home Depot type shop and top wood supplier here (Wood Source) only
>> sell closest 5.2mm ply.
>
>Why does it have to be exactly 1/4? I'll dare to second-guess
>that it is because you need to make it fit exactly in 1/4 grooves;
>if that's the case, you could get (from Lee Valley, at least, but
>I bet from any other supplier as well) Plywood router bits, which
>have the exact measurements of plywood panels (i.e., you'll find
>your 15/64 straight bit).
>
>You probably knew all this, and I apologize if I'm insulting you
>with information that is trivia for you. But I thought it might
>be worth mentioning, just in case.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Carlos


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