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If you live near a Woodcraft store and you get their emails you might have a chance to get 20% off a single item tomorrow March 30. Long list of things that are excluded but maybe there is something worth looking at????

Now the one I got is only good at my local Woodcraft in Woodridge IL and you have to present a print out of the email or show it to them on your phone it should work.

Lots of restrictions I know but just in case you missed it in your mail box recheck and do with it as you will.

BTW the "Freaky" thing has to do with there being 5 Fridays this month. Just thought you might want to know that.

Ed

I went for some Baltic Birch plywood. Normally $49.99 for $39.99. Then of course I found some other stuff I had to have and left the store with my Discover Card down $80.77. So it was worth it to them to give me the coupon I'm sure.

Ed

reible wrote:I went for some Baltic Birch plywood. Normally $49.99 for $39.99. Then of course I found some other stuff I had to have and left the store with my Discover Card down $80.77. So it was worth it to them to give me the coupon I'm sure.

Ed

Just curious on the Baltic Birch to compare prices. What size and what thickness?

jsburger wrote:

reible wrote:I went for some Baltic Birch plywood. Normally $49.99 for $39.99. Then of course I found some other stuff I had to have and left the store with my Discover Card down $80.77. So it was worth it to them to give me the coupon I'm sure.

Ed

Just curious on the Baltic Birch to compare prices. What size and what thickness?

18mm x 30" x 48" Don't love theirs but it hard to come by around here. A couple of places that use to have it don't carry it any more for what ever reason. Anyway it has all the plys and weight expected but the top layers are quite thin. Jig material anyway.

Ed

reible wrote:

jsburger wrote:

reible wrote:I went for some Baltic Birch plywood. Normally $49.99 for $39.99. Then of course I found some other stuff I had to have and left the store with my Discover Card down $80.77. So it was worth it to them to give me the coupon I'm sure.

Ed

Just curious on the Baltic Birch to compare prices. What size and what thickness?

18mm x 30" x 48" Don't love theirs but it hard to come by around here. A couple of places that use to have it don't carry it any more for what ever reason. Anyway it has all the plys and weight expected but the top layers are quite thin. Jig material anyway.

Ed

Wow, we have a very large local lumber company here (Wheelwright Lumber). They carry BB in all thicknesses. I can get a full 5'X5' sheet of 3/4" (18mm) for just over $50 the last time I bought one. All the plys as you say. About 17 as I remember on the 3/4" and the outer plys are slightly thinner than the core plys.

We use to have a plywood only store about 2 miles away, it went out of business. The next closes store of like mind was about 30 miles away but they are no longer listed so I guess they closed their doors too.

Woodcraft has a limited range of sizes, but as you can see the prices are not great. Rockler also has like plywood but only in smaller sizes, but better prices for the most part. Thing is sometimes you need what you need as a minimum so that is life.

Menard's has had it in stock but for some reason now it is special order. The shipping is free to the store but they is a packing fee. A single sheet is not economical due to that but if you needed several sheets it might be.

There are some other stores but more in towards the city and you never know what the stock is going to look like for the extra effort. Then there are the places who don't want to deal with the little people only wanting a sheet or two at a time........ well can't say I blame them after all they are in it for the money.

Right now the back of the van has got other goodies in it so I couldn't manage a full sheet without a hassle anyway. This will hold me for the time being and once it warms up I'll have to get the van cleaned out anyhow and them life will be better.

Ed

reible wrote:We use to have a plywood only store about 2 miles away, it went out of business. The next closes store of like mind was about 30 miles away but they are no longer listed so I guess they closed their doors too.

Woodcraft has a limited range of sizes, but as you can see the prices are not great. Rockler also has like plywood but only in smaller sizes, but better prices for the most part. Thing is sometimes you need what you need as a minimum so that is life.

Menard's has had it in stock but for some reason now it is special order. The shipping is free to the store but they is a packing fee. A single sheet is not economical due to that but if you needed several sheets it might be.

There are some other stores but more in towards the city and you never know what the stock is going to look like for the extra effort. Then there are the places who don't want to deal with the little people only wanting a sheet or two at a time........ well can't say I blame them after all they are in it for the money.

Right now the back of the van has got other goodies in it so I couldn't manage a full sheet without a hassle anyway. This will hold me for the time being and once it warms up I'll have to get the van cleaned out anyhow and them life will be better.

Ed

Wheelwright Lumber is about 5 miles from me but then everything is at least 5 miles from me so it doesn't matter. I am not into instant gratification so driving 5 or 10 miles to get something is no big deal. We do it all the time.