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Title: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: Bootlegger 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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Post by: Ken Bird 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
Title: Re: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: Dave Rigotti on May 15, 2020, 09:06:42 AM: Ditto Aircraft Spruce
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Post by: Arlan McKee on May 15, 2020, 09:14:43 AM: National has it for less than $23 a sheet.
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Post by: 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.
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Post by: Dan McEntee 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?
Title: Re: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: Brad LaPointe on May 15, 2020, 11:36:57 AM: Check the vendors corner.

Brad LaPointe
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Post by: Ken Bird 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
Title: Re: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: Mike Haverly 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.
Title: Re: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: 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"
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Post by: Brett Buck 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
Title: Re: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: Lauri Malila 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
Title: Re: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: Brett Buck 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
Title: Re: ... 1/64 plywood
Post by: Mike Hazel 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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Post by: Steve Helmick 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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Post by: Mike Hazel 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! )