where to find marine plywood?

[William J.Miller]

Hi I live in SE Michigan metro Detroit area. and was wondering if anyone
out there knows of a place where I can buy marine treated plywood in the
general area? Thanks

[Patfish]

Check your local lumber store. Most carry at least a small supply.

--
Patrick
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William J.Miller wrote in message
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[Warren Musselman]

I just went through a lot of research on this... NO local lumber yard
typically carries marine ply. Very difficult to score outside the few boat
building towns in this country. Most is manufactured in the Phillipines and
Europe. Always buy Lloyd's certified ply too. In the detroit area, there
is an outfit called Rare Earth Hardwoods, on the web too... Found them and
several others doing a search on Yahoo for Marine Plywood.

W

[Ed Bacon]

"William J.Miller" wrote:
>
> Hi I live in SE Michigan metro Detroit area. and was wondering if anyone
> out there knows of a place where I can buy marine treated plywood in the
> general area? Thanks

William,

The source for marine plywood in Detroit is Public Lumber (see the True
Value Hardware web site for a phone number). They are located on the
north side of Seven Mile, east of I-75. They are open 9-5 M-Sat, closed
Sun.

I live in Orchard Lk and am building my first boat, a Snipe.

Have fun,
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Ed Bacon
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[Patfish]

I don't mean to be contentious but I always suspect such adament statements.
I'm not an expert and perhaps I live in one of those "few boatbuilding
towns" (Seattle area) but most of the chain lumber/home center stores here
carry marine ply. OK maybe it's harder to find in Omaha or Bismark but was
such a DISCOURAGING message really necessary or accurate? I'd hate to see
Mr. Miller order it from Manilla when it was available down the street.
JMHO..

--
Patrick
patrick...@worldnet.att.net

Warren Musselman wrote in message <7hk449$dfe$1...@remarQ.com>...

|I just went through a lot of research on this... NO local lumber yard
|typically carries marine ply. Very difficult to score outside the few boat
|building towns in this country. Most is manufactured in the Phillipines
and
|Europe. Always buy Lloyd's certified ply too. In the detroit area, there
|is an outfit called Rare Earth Hardwoods, on the web too... Found them and
|several others doing a search on Yahoo for Marine Plywood.
|
|W
|
|
|William J.Miller wrote in message
|<7hj4cg$68c$1...@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...

[Warren Musselman]

I unfortunately live in the rockies... in all of Colorado I could find
naught but 4 sheets of 1/2" fir marine ply... calls around the country
referred me to lumber yards in sea coast towns and all they could provide
was fir. I needed hardwood plywood.

W

Patfish wrote in message <7hpmba$5kj$1...@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>...

[Dave Bostock]

Warren Musselman (wbmu...@indra.com) wrote: : I unfortunately live in the

rockies... in all of Colorado I could find : naught but 4 sheets of 1/2"
fir marine ply... calls around the country : referred me to lumber yards
in sea coast towns and all they could provide : was fir. I needed
hardwood plywood.

Well, what about 'AIRCRAFT GRADE PLYWOOD' ?

--
Dave Bostock dea...@dc.seflin.org Florida, USA
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[Myles J. Swift]

In my area there are three businesses that sell primarily to cabinet makers.
They all had or could get a variety of marine ply. The place I bought
stocked 4mm, 6mm, and 9mm sheets

Myles

[David Porter]

What on earth is aircraft grade plywood and how is it different?

After all this I hope 'plywood' is a JEPORDY category sometime soon. We
are gonna be experts before this is over. ha.

[Skip Kovacs]

I assume / hope you have access to the Web, as well as Usenet. Assuming that,
go to Yahoo.com and in the search engine box, try "boatbuilding" and "Search all
of Yahoo." The first link you'll probably see is "boatbuilding.com" In
categories, select/hit "Construction Materials" You should see a a category for
"Wood and Plywood" Hit that and you're off and running.

I personally got a 3' tall stack of Israeli Okuome marine ply in various
thicknesses from Boulter Plywood in Massachuesetts. Although some (e.g. Chris
at Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis, MD) pooh-pooh Israeli ply for it's lack
of flatness, what I got from Boulter is fine for my needs. Okuome marine ply,
in Lloyd's British Standard 1088 (one "A" side) is a beautiful and light
boatbuilding ply available in thichnesses as small as 3mm (1/8"). I live near
Annapolis, so the East coast suppliers made sense for me. I've seen others on
the West Coast (Washington & British Columbia) which also look very reputable
and might ship for less to the Rockies.

Good Luck, and use your search engine!
Skip

Warren Musselman wrote:

> I unfortunately live in the rockies... in all of Colorado I could find
> naught but 4 sheets of 1/2" fir marine ply... calls around the country
> referred me to lumber yards in sea coast towns and all they could provide
> was fir. I needed hardwood plywood.
>

> W
>
> Patfish wrote in message <7hpmba$5kj$1...@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>...
> >I don't mean to be contentious but I always suspect such adament
> statements.
> >I'm not an expert and perhaps I live in one of those "few boatbuilding
> >towns" (Seattle area) but most of the chain lumber/home center stores here
> >carry marine ply. OK maybe it's harder to find in Omaha or Bismark but was
> >such a DISCOURAGING message really necessary or accurate? I'd hate to see
> >Mr. Miller order it from Manilla when it was available down the street.
> >JMHO..
> >
> >--
> >Patrick
> >patrick...@worldnet.att.net
> >
> >Warren Musselman wrote in message <7hk449$dfe$1...@remarQ.com>...
> >|I just went through a lot of research on this... NO local lumber yard
> >|typically carries marine ply. Very difficult to score outside the few
> boat
> >|building towns in this country. Most is manufactured in the Phillipines
> >and
> >|Europe. Always buy Lloyd's certified ply too. In the detroit area, there
> >|is an outfit called Rare Earth Hardwoods, on the web too... Found them and
> >|several others doing a search on Yahoo for Marine Plywood.
> >|
> >|W
> >|
> >|

[SAIL LOCO]

I buy marine plywood at a supply house in downtown Baltimore. They have one
sided and two sided teak faced plywood in various thicknesses and also carry
the 4x8 sheets of teak and holly for doing the sole. They sell for half of
what the so called marine wood stores in Annapolis sell the stuff for plus they
have it in stock.

[Glenn Ashmore]

SAIL LOCO wrote:

Is that Harbor Supply? They are a big supplier but their mail order prices are
higher than Bolter.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of)
at: http://www.mindspring.com/~gashmore

[SAIL LOCO]

<<<<<<Is that Harbor Supply? They are a big supplier but their mail order
prices are
higher than Bolter.>>>>>>>>>

Bolter?????....................Maybe the mail order prices are high because it
might be expensive and a pain in the ass to pack up a 4x8 sheet of plywood.

[William J.Miller]

Could you give the number for harbor supply? I called information and they
didn't have a listing.
SAIL LOCO <sail...@aol.com> wrote in message
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[SAIL LOCO]

<<<<<<From: "William J.Miller"
Date: 5/27/99 3:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Could you give the number for harbor supply? I called information and they
didn't have a listing.>>>>>>>>>

I wish you had of e-mailed me. I don't come to this board everyday.
Harbor Sales Co. in Baltimore's phone number is 1-800-345-1712. Their
business card also states that they have offices in Va. & NJ.
Mike