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23rd November 2018, 09:43 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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quality marine ply
Anyone follow dave stanton on youtube?
I came across this video:
https://youtu.be/9Ddn6GVvyrk?t=3502
Where he is talking about his bench and using marine ply. I have not seen much marine ply, the ones ive seen does not look like good quality. but his has 11 laminations and he talks it up. anyone know of a source of good quality marine ply?
Even when I was speaking to the guy at plyco he said marine ply isnt that stable
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23rd November 2018, 11:10 PM #2
I bought some nice stuff from Tait timber in Glen Iris a few months ago .Their best one , they sell a couple of types I think. I scarf jointed it for a longer job and laid a Parquetry top on it. Rock solid.
https://www.homehardware.com.au/trad...arine-plywood/
Its Hard heavy straight stuff . Some of the best Ive used, and Ive had good bad and crap stuff before. The crap was $30 a sheet and buckled and changed shape. Taits was around $120 ea
Tile importers in Huntingdale sell a pretty good one but the Tait stuff was better.
Rob
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24th November 2018, 09:39 AM #3Deceased
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I'm building a mini camper trailer at the moment and I got my sheets of marine ply from Uptons in Epping.
I am amazed at the quality and am using the 9 mm thick sheets which cost approx $ 46.
I can recommend them.
Peter.
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27th November 2018, 08:01 PM #4Member
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Maybe look at birch ply instead. Bloody expensive here though :|
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27th November 2018, 08:15 PM #5Taking a break
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If you need stable, get veneered MDF/chipboard. Hardwood ply is the next best
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29th November 2018, 02:28 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Didn't watch the video, but does he mention how much his plywood costs? I've come across marine ply in excess of $200 per sheet far more than I'm prepared to spend on plywood, but I'd expect at that price it'll be certified and a high standard.
What you building? If it's a bench check out Rob cosmans video on his MDF benches he's made. Also if you are building a bench I'd steer away from marine ply, the biggest difference bis the number of voids which doesn't yeild and benefits in a work bench... Unless you're planning on working near a large body of water.
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29th November 2018, 04:57 PM #7Senior Member
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What is marine ply anyway? Is it just that it has waterproof glue?
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29th November 2018, 07:15 PM #8
No.
Exterior ply has waterproof glue.
Some ply is sold as marine ply. It has the british kite mark on it. That isn't enforced here so that stuff can be anything, and it often is.
Ply sold as complying with the relevant australian standard has to be void free and made of a durable timber. It's often hoop if it's australian. Okume comes from africa and while it is less durable it is favoured for it's light weight, used in multihull sail boats and dinghys. There are others. Good marine ply is very expensive. It's made to endure in a marine environment. If you are not building a boat you might do well with an exterior grade with one or both faces A grade.I'm just a startled bunny in the headlights of life. L.J. Young.
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29th November 2018, 07:27 PM #9Taking a break
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All structural ply has waterproof glue, exterior ply may or may not as it comes in both A- and B-bond (B-bond being weather resistant, but not waterproof)
Details on ply bonds here: Facts About Plywood
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29th November 2018, 08:12 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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Im not looking to make anything it was just a question out of curiosity.
The only quality ply I've seen is birch and hoop pine. Both are very expensive. Ive seen some hardwood ply (imported from asia) which looked ok but not as many layers and consistency with the thickness of each layer as birch or hoop pine. This hardwood ply didnt have 11 layers like marine ply that dave stanton had though.
It would be good to find some quality ply that is affordable though
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29th November 2018, 08:36 PM #11Taking a break
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Plyco do a Poplar ply as well. It's very light, both in weight and colour, and flat, but it is quite soft and dints easily
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29th November 2018, 09:42 PM #12
Off on a slight tangent....Bunnings have cheap Resin coated Formply which is apparently hell strong and ridiculously flat, impervious to all but Kryptonite, etc etc.
Anyone used it?
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29th November 2018, 09:54 PM #13Woodworking mechanic
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The surface of the resin coated formply is slippery. I’ve used it for my table saw and router table surface for that very reason.
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29th November 2018, 10:00 PM #14Senior Member
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Not sure if you have a Mr Ply & Wood anywhere near you but I found it quite nice to walk in to a store to ask questions and have a staffer fire back facts instead of opinions or tell me that they have no idea. They had some nice looking ply in stock too, I was only there to work on their forklift but I'll never buy ply from Bunnings again.
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29th November 2018, 11:06 PM #15
Just want to say how amazing a product Marine Ply can be .
I have this piece of 1/2" that has spent the last 20 years in the weather .
As an outdoor table cover or just hanging about in the garden .
It won’t die !! It’s looking a bit rough, especially around the edges , that's all .
What ever it was coated in has gone . And its got the remains of furniture stripping and glue all over it.
What other wood product could do that ? Nothing I think .
Solid would have buckled and separated . MDF and chipboard would swell right up to many times its original size except the green MR stuff I suppose.
This piece was made as a table saw extension and used for 30 years with a previous owner before I left it out the back .
It still has the steel flat bar on one side that sat in the slot on the saw table . And part of its fence .
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Rob
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