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Oak plywood

  • 24-02-2015 9:38pm
    #1
    Sligoronan
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    Is there anywhere in Ireland that stocks 18mm white oak plywood.
    Need it for some window boards and don't really want to use solid or mdf.


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  • #2
    peter bermingham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭peter bermingham


    Never seen 18mm oak ply now not saying it cant be got just did a Google search and cant find anything. You can get 3.5mm ply or find a company that dose veneer work cut all the boards to size and get them veneered in oak with a solid edge. Or if that works out to expensive get oak Moisture Resistant MDF. I used to work in a company in dublin where they done all their own veneer work it was called Ardmore furniture in walkinstown don't know if their still going or do that kind of work.


  • #3
    recipio
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    Ditto. I've never seen veneered sheets of ply thicker than about 3.5 mm. Why not glue a 3.5mm sheet to plain plywood and glue on a thin oak edge strip ?


  • #4
    peter bermingham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭peter bermingham


    recipio wrote: »
    Ditto. I've never seen veneered sheets of ply thicker than about 3.5 mm. Why not glue a 3.5mm sheet to plain plywood and glue on a thin oak edge strip ?
    Ya thats the way i would do it come to think of it even that Moisture Resistant MDF is not great.


  • #5
    recipio
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    peter bermingham wrote: »
    Ya thats the way i would do it come to think of it even that Moisture Resistant MDF is not great.

    Lots of veneered MDF around but I don't think you can get veneered moisture resistant stuff.?
    For the OP, if you are going to glue 3.5 mm ply on to a base you need to glue something on the other side as well to prevent warping. Anything will do, even plain ply - its the glue line that sets up stresses.


  • #6
    Sligoronan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭Sligoronan


    Work in the states for a few years and all of the cabinetry we build was made from ply not mdf. Just amazed that can buy sheets of veneered ply of the shelf.
    I think white oak 8 x 4 x 3/4 was about $32.
    Here the company that used to use.
    Shame no where like this around.

    http://www.rosenzweiglumber.com/Plywood.html


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  • #7
    peter bermingham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭peter bermingham


    Jesus they have a good supply of veneered ply their and at $32 a sheet MDF oak here is €60. A if you could hang on ten years we might be getting it here in Ireland


  • #8
    North West
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    Hi Sligoronan
    Try Hession woodworking, Cleveragh Ind Est. I know they do some of their own veneering. Ring Ian on 0879387466 and ask him
    NW


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