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What is "AC fir plywood"?
Happy holidays to all...
I was looking through American Woodworker #105 (Jan. issue) last night and I've pretty much decided to build their "Dream Bench". One stupid question has me stumped, though... The plans specify 4 sheets of "AC fir plywood" and 1 sheet of birch plywood. The thing is, I don't know what AC fir plywood is. They unfortunately don't give the dimensions of the uncut sheets, but they do show a cut diagram. The fir plywood looks smaller than the birch ply sheet, but I don't know the dimensions...I just kind of assumed all plywood came in 48X96 sheets. If they don't know what AC fir plywood is at Menards/HD/somewhere else, what should I be looking (or asking) for? Any ideas on the dimensions of said sheet of mystery ply? (C: Thanks... Jim |
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What is "AC fir plywood"?
Grades of the faces. A is clean, C may or may not be plugged. Fir is the
wood peeled. Size 4x8. http://www.awi-wa.com/_hidden/T_APA%...%20GRADING.htm "PC Gameplayer" wrote in message om... Happy holidays to all... I was looking through American Woodworker #105 (Jan. issue) last night and I've pretty much decided to build their "Dream Bench". One stupid question has me stumped, though... The plans specify 4 sheets of "AC fir plywood" and 1 sheet of birch plywood. The thing is, I don't know what AC fir plywood is. They unfortunately don't give the dimensions of the uncut sheets, but they do show a cut diagram. The fir plywood looks smaller than the birch ply sheet, but I don't know the dimensions...I just kind of assumed all plywood came in 48X96 sheets. |
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What is "AC fir plywood"?
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I don't know what AC fir plywood is. Softwood plywood comes graded A through D on each side, based on the number and severity of knots, splits, and other defects. Grade A is the best, and means no knots. Grade D is the worst. Each side is graded by itself, so AC mean grade A on one side, grade C on the other. AC is a pretty common grade. Another common grade is "CDX", which is really ugly looking stuff used for sheathing in house construction (the X at the end means its made with waterproof glue for eXternal use). You can find more details at http://www.apawood.org/pdfs/managed/X505-R.pdf They unfortunately don't give the dimensions of the uncut sheets, but they do show a cut diagram. The fir plywood looks smaller than the birch ply sheet, but I don't know the dimensions...I just kind of assumed all plywood came in 48X96 sheets. Hmmmm. Don't know what to make of that. Plywood does come in other sizes, but 48 x 96 (commonly called "4 x 8", as in feet) is by far the most common size for both fir and birch plywood. If they don't know what AC fir plywood is at Menards/HD/somewhere else, what should I be looking (or asking) for? It's hard to imagine one of these places that didn't stock AC fir plywood in several thicknesses (3/4" being the most common). Just tell the guy, "I want 3/4 AC fir plywood". That's about as straight-forward as it gets. |
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Plywood Thickness
That leads me to ask. Do most/many wood dealers in the US stock actual 3/4"
plywood or have you been inundated with metric sizes like we have been up here in Canada? 17 mm, 18 mm, 19 mm, 19.5 mm are all sizes I've come across. It's a pain in the butt and meant having to purchase a whole new group of router bits, rulers and having to be extra careful with calculations and measuring. "Roy Smith" wrote in message news:roy- It's hard to imagine one of these places that didn't stock AC fir plywood in several thicknesses (3/4" being the most common). Just tell the guy, "I want 3/4 AC fir plywood". That's about as straight-forward as it gets. |
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Plywood Thickness
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le.rogers.com, "Upscale" wrote: That leads me to ask. Do most/many wood dealers in the US stock actual 3/4" plywood or have you been inundated with metric sizes like we have been up here in Canada? You're right, it's not really 3/4". It's generally marked with some sort of whacko size like 23/32nds, which is a couple of smooches plus an RCH shy of 3/4". Does it work out to something exact in metric like 18mm? Maybe. Beats me. |
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Plywood Thickness
"Upscale"writes:
That leads me to ask. Do most/many wood dealers in the US stock actual 3/4" plywood or have you been inundated with metric sizes like we have been up here in Canada? snip It depends. If you are buying commercial products from yards that serve the construction industry, will be metric. If you go to a plywood distributor who specializes in serving the cabinet and furniture market, they will typically have BOTH metric and US based on surface material. HTH -- Lew S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland) Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures |
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What is "AC fir plywood"?
think it means one grade A side and one grade C side (one nice face) and the
fir is probably a regional reference to the species used for the plywood..any A/C plywood should work fine....find a lumber grader at a sawmill and ask them for the specifics, maybe you wpould get a better and more accurate answer Plywood is all 4X8 sheets standard with larger sizes uncommon but they exist |
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