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Offline Bootlegger

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... 1/64 plywood
« on: May 15, 2020, 08:36:33 AM »

 Folks where is the least expensive place to get this plywood (1/64") in 12" x 48" sheets ??  Thanks
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2020, 08:53:57 AM »
I buy mine from Aircraft Spruce. They sell 24 x 48. $33.90 USD
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/wppages/finnishbirch.php
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2020, 09:06:42 AM »
Ditto Aircraft Spruce
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2020, 09:14:43 AM »
National has it for less than $23 a sheet.
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2020, 11:11:28 AM »
Nat'l balsa sheets are 12x48, ACS sheets are 24x48. ACS is the place to get it.
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2020, 11:28:34 AM »
Quote from: Dave Rigotti on May 15, 2020, 11:11:28 AM
Nat'l balsa sheets are 12x48, ACS sheets are 24x48. ACS is the place to get it.


Who is ACS?
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2020, 11:36:57 AM »
Check the vendors corner.

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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2020, 12:23:12 PM »
Quote from: Dan McEntee on May 15, 2020, 11:28:34 AM

Who is ACS?

Aircraft Spruce & Specialty
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2020, 01:04:07 PM »
Hobby Lobby or Michael's has it off and on.  Use a coupon on your phone for up to 40 percent off.   I got a good deal at Michael's one time because one corner was broken.
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2020, 07:49:17 PM »
I like to use 1/64 birch ply because I can't imagine how they manage to glue up 3 plys and end up only 1/64"
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2020, 08:08:37 PM »
Quote from: FLOYD CARTER on May 15, 2020, 07:49:17 PM
I like to use 1/64 birch ply because I can't imagine how they manage to glue up 3 plys and end up only 1/64"

   It is kind of remarkable, isn't it? Even if they shear it off with a knife, they have to finish-sand it, so most of the wood is going up the exhaust chute.

   Brett
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2020, 05:45:03 AM »
Quote from: Brett Buck on May 15, 2020, 08:08:37 PM
   It is kind of remarkable, isn't it? Even if they shear it off with a knife, they have to finish-sand it, so most of the wood is going up the exhaust chute.

   Brett

No, they don't finish-sand it. It's just a long, very sharp blade held tangentially against a rotating log, then fed towards center x amount per revolution. Kind of wood turning. L
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2020, 12:24:10 PM »
Quote from: Lauri Malila on May 16, 2020, 05:45:03 AM
No, they don't finish-sand it. It's just a long, very sharp blade held tangentially against a rotating log, then fed towards center x amount per revolution. Kind of wood turning. L

   I know that they "peel" it, but no sanding afterwards? It's remarkable they can hold the thickness well enough to just strip if off and glue it up.

    Brett
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2020, 05:37:06 PM »
1/64 ply is truly amazing stuff.  I told one of my non-modeling friends about it and he didn't believe it, until I showed him some.  I still don't think he believed even seeing it. "How do you cut that stuff?"  Oh, easy..... just a good pair of scissors!
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2020, 08:54:47 PM »
It's amazing to me that a non-modeling person would have a clue how thin 1/64" is, plywood or not. Most college graduates can't add 1/16 & 2/32" and get the correct answer.  y1 Steve
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Re: ... 1/64 plywood
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2020, 09:31:03 PM »
Steve,  in the case I cited the individual is very mechanically oriented, and could actually make a good modeler.  ( a rare thing! )
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