What is the Name of the Birch?

[kicker06 10+ year member]

What is the exact name of the birch? I went to home depot, and they had 3/4" Birch Plywood, but it wasn't 13 ply. Would lowes have it?

The birch @ home depot cost like $28 a sheet btw.

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[mrray13 10+ year member]

baltic birch..and it should run around $60 a sheet for a 4x8 3/4" piece. our lowes, nor home depot has it, but our menards does.

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[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

i got 2 sheets of the $28 stuff today, i think it might be called hardwood classic?

 

[QtrHorse 10+ year member]

Baltic Birch, Russan Birch and a few others. You will not find the good stuff at a Home Depot or Lowest. You will most likely have to get if from a lumbar yard. It is much cheaper to get 5ftx5ft sheets. The 4x8 sheets usually cost double per sq. ft. than the 5x5 sheets. I can get the 5x5 sheets locally for $19 and the 4x8's are $38.

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

Will the 8 or 9 ply 3/4" Birch Plywood work though?

It is a lot lighter than the MDF, that's for sure.

 

[QtrHorse 10+ year member]

Will the 8 or 9 ply 3/4" Birch Plywood work though?
It is a lot lighter than the MDF, that's for sure.

It will work. Usually the only difference is that the good sheets have a thicker top layer of birch compared to the cheaper stuff.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I won't get into the argument again, but 13 ply birch is the most heinous waste of money in car audio imaginable.

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

So the 8 or 9 ply is perfectly fine for building a box as compared to 13 ply or MDF?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I won't get into the argument again, but 13 ply birch is the most heinous waste of money in car audio imaginable.

While you are entitled to your opinion, many MANY people have used birch just to save weight.

Imagine having a wall constructed entirely out of birch. It has the potential to save hundreds of pounds of unnecessary weight.

While it may not be necessary for a normal 2 12" box, when you get into bigger and bigger setups, the benefits outweigh the boost in price.

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

While you are entitled to your opinion, many MANY people have used birch just to save weight.
Imagine having a wall constructed entirely out of birch. It has the potential to save hundreds of pounds of unnecessary weight.

While it may not be necessary for a normal 2 12" box, when you get into bigger and bigger setups, the benefits outweigh the boost in price.

I definatly agree with this statement.

Also, this birch I am looking at is SLIGHTLY more expensive than MDF, so why not, because it is definatly lighter.

Unless it is not as strong or stable, which I hope it is.

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

I have used this exact birch with excellent results for boxes for my AVA 15...both sealed and ported. It saves alot of weight too. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Lowe's sells 7-ply cabinet grade in birch and oak.

I do not know stregnth the way all yall engineers/car audio people etc do but I think the birch is stronger. We built ramps for our forklift out of birch and not mdf. The birch did not break until we lifted a pallet of water with the forklift. The total height of the ramp was about 6"

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

baltic birch..and it should run around $60 a sheet for a 4x8 3/4" piece. our lowes, nor home depot has it, but our menards does.



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Menards does not exist in the South to my knowledge. I have been to one, located in Indiana.

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

Birch 9 ply it is.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Lowe's nor Depot does not sell 9ply, only 7ply. I can tell you exactly where it will be located if you like.