2mm Birch Ply needed.

The Balsa Cabin list 2mm. birch plywood on http://balsacabin.webs.com/ They are in Malden, Essex and are a 100% reliable mail order company. It might be a problem though posting it to you in the size you want. I don’t know whether it could be classed as aviation quality. Most ply used by modellers is flexible with one of the grains at 90 degrees to the other two. I believe aviation quality ply is referred to as square with the three grains at 45 degrees to each other.

The Balsa Cabin is excellent. I get all my wood from there. In the past if I have needed larger sheets I called them to “order” the uncut sheets, or cut them to the size I wanted. They were very helpful.

The quality of their wood is excellent too. Don’t go for the “lite ply” as this is not suitable, but all of the other ply is really good. It planes/sands/routs to a very high accuracy.

Ritch, I am sure we have what you want. Strangely enough I was only this morning going through a box off small ply off cuts from our Proctor rebuilds.
Drop me a pm with address details assuming that your not already sorted I will mail it.

Does it need to be of aviation quality or does it need to have paperwork? If it is for something static then birch faced marine ply will do as it is often the same but has not been stamped and have release paperwork. For smaller sizes try model aircraft suppliers, the same applies, it will be much the same as the approved stuff, just without paperwork.

If you require stuff that is signed off then you can go to Dudley Patterson (Swindon Aircraft Timber Co) and he will have what you need AND might be prepared to do small sizes.

Send him my regards, he is a good man. (Just don’t tell him I said that)

Melvyn

Try a local timber merchants. They may be able to point you in the right direction if they don’t have any. Could also be a bit cheaper than going to a model shop.

That sounds like model shop sizes. They usually sell thin ply in 1ft x 4ft sheets. Probably worth a phone around your local shops, or check some of the larger stores online.

The Balsa Cabin list 2mm. birch plywood on http://balsacabin.webs.com/ They are in Malden, Essex and are a 100% reliable mail order company. It might be a problem though posting it to you in the size you want. I don’t know whether it could be classed as aviation quality. Most ply used by modellers is flexible with one of the grains at 90 degrees to the other two. I believe aviation quality ply is referred to as square with the three grains at 45 degrees to each other.