"MikeWhy" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote in message
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Right, but I am considering at least 3" thick so I don't think that the
possibility of sag would ever be a problem. And unlike regular plywood
Baltic Birch is all hardwood with no voids if you can get the real stuff.

The high price for BB gives you quite a few options. For example, 4/4 hard
maple for $2/bft:
http://www.woodworkersshop.com/index...n=Custom&ID=10. (250 bft
minimum for that price, though.)


Yeah that would depend on where you live. LOL.. I'm betting there would be
a pretty good shipping charge on tat liquidation price. I just referbed a
kitchen with Maple and it was a tad more than $3 per linear foot in S4S 1x6.
I paid premium but I did not want to go through milling the stock on a
paying job aside from the veneer that I made for the cabinets. IIRC s2s
was around $4.50 per BF. I can get 5'x5' 1/2" BB for just under $30 per
sheet. If my top is going to be 3" thick 24" wide and 60 " long I would
need a bit more than 30 BF considering waste. Basically $135.00 for s2s.
Baltic Birch would be about $45.00 cheaper.