On Fri, 25 May 2007 10:11:16 -0500, HerHusband
wrote:

There's no point to this message, other than I need to vent somewhere...


I'm building a new entertainment center and just bought three sheets of
3/4" birch plywood and one sheet of 1/2" birch plywood from my local Home
Depot. This has to be some of the worst plywood I have ever purchased!

I paid $40 a sheet

The plywood sucks, the fault obviously lies with me. I didn't inspect the sheets closely enough.

Live and learn...

Anthony


I bought about the same kind of plywood as you did last summer. I had
two projects in line to do, I thought I could tackle them both lickety
split. Wrong! I did the one that didn't require the plywood, I used
the MDF I'd bought for the other (oval mirror.) Anyway, I noticed
during the construction of the other project, that the sheets of birch
veneer plywood curled. There's no way they're flat. Not even close.
I was wondering WTF went wrong. Yes, it's in my basement shop, but
still, I've got other sheets of veneer plywood that aren't doing that.

I was thinking of going to a traditional lumberyard in the hopes that
they'll have plywood that won't curl. Or have the defects you've
outlined.