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Finnish Vs. Baltic - or - battle of the birch '08   Message List  
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Re: Finnish Vs. Baltic - or - battle of the birch '08

"I was wanting to know if anyone here ever uses Finnish Birch vs.
Baltic for any reason. If so, I might pick some up but I haven't seen
a need in the past. Thanks!"

From my understanding, the Finnish is a better quality than the
Baltic...

Advice worth what you paid for it...

Bruce Bernstein
Chicago, IL


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Fri May 16, 2008 7:21 pm

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Today I will be taking a trip to the local "woodcraft" store to pick up some wood. I'll most likely end up with a large selection of things to just play...
Krypto
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May 16, 2008
4:01 pm

"I was wanting to know if anyone here ever uses Finnish Birch vs. Baltic for any reason. If so, I might pick some up but I haven't seen a need in the past....
Bruce
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May 16, 2008
7:21 pm

I'm still fairly new to boomerangs, but have purchased several sheets of the Finnish Birch plywood, the thing that sticks out in my mind is that the Finnish...
Scott Beery
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May 16, 2008
8:09 pm

The three main types of wood I use are Aircraft birch (Finland) with 2 plies per mm, Finland birch 6mm/5 ply (dark glue), and Baltic birch ~6mm/5 ply...
Kendall Davis
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May 16, 2008
10:14 pm

Good explanation Kendall! Couldn't have said it better. With the high cost and availability issues of Finland aircraft grade birch I'm only using it for one of...
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May 17, 2008
6:17 am

About the voids in the plywood, I sometime have the same issue with marine stuff. I just use some wood filler (DAP Wood Patch) with a putty knife, let dry and...
emmanuel dumont
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May 20, 2008
8:16 pm

Gary showed me some Baltic Birch someone had picked up for him. The stuff was really cheap, but when he got it, it was not what he expected. It was five ply,...
Dave Hendricks
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May 20, 2008
8:28 pm

Thanks a great deal for all of the information and opinions folks. I've been a bit wrapped up lately with interviews and I think I might even have myself a new...
Krypto
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