Yesterday I got a woodworking plan which I'd purchased. They used BauBuche as the material and allowed that one could use plywood instead.
Well, I didn't know much about BauBuche so I did a bit of searching and know a little more but not enough to be convinced I should be trying to buy it.
Here's a link to the site for the manufacturer: https://www.pollmeier.com/en_US/Products/baubuche-about
The stuff is apparently made only from Beech. Those trees are apparently quite plentiful in Europe as they've been fairly well-managed for a very long time. Reportedly quite straight grain. They report you can use it as an economically acceptable substitute for softwood and use dimensionally smaller material because it is hardwood.
So far as I can tell it is a Beech version of Baltic Birch plywood. In some cases,however, they seem to prefer going with many, many layers in order to make beams. The net effect is that most of what you see is the lamination and then the top and bottom are a nice Beech veneer. My guess is that what the manufacturer really likes is that if you aren't getting the plywood version they don't need to use a really good veneer over much of the surface.
What little I could find of pictures of it having been used for woodworking I didn't like. It looks to me like what they are doing in woodworking results in looking like incredibly laminated plywood with the edge showing. OK, not overly ugly but not a look I've ever really desired, either.
As best I can tell, no one around here (Central Valley of California) seems to actually have the stuff so maybe it's mostly an European and East Coast thing?
Since I've never even touched the stuff I don't know if it might be worth pursuing. If I could get the stuff in plywood form I might be interested. But maybe the stuff is a pain to deal with?
If someone has better insight I'd be interested in knowing and might work to find a supplier if it is great stuff. If it is as good as Baltic Birch and I can get it cheaper I'd find that quite interesting.
Thank you.
Well, I didn't know much about BauBuche so I did a bit of searching and know a little more but not enough to be convinced I should be trying to buy it.
Here's a link to the site for the manufacturer: https://www.pollmeier.com/en_US/Products/baubuche-about
The stuff is apparently made only from Beech. Those trees are apparently quite plentiful in Europe as they've been fairly well-managed for a very long time. Reportedly quite straight grain. They report you can use it as an economically acceptable substitute for softwood and use dimensionally smaller material because it is hardwood.
So far as I can tell it is a Beech version of Baltic Birch plywood. In some cases,however, they seem to prefer going with many, many layers in order to make beams. The net effect is that most of what you see is the lamination and then the top and bottom are a nice Beech veneer. My guess is that what the manufacturer really likes is that if you aren't getting the plywood version they don't need to use a really good veneer over much of the surface.
What little I could find of pictures of it having been used for woodworking I didn't like. It looks to me like what they are doing in woodworking results in looking like incredibly laminated plywood with the edge showing. OK, not overly ugly but not a look I've ever really desired, either.
As best I can tell, no one around here (Central Valley of California) seems to actually have the stuff so maybe it's mostly an European and East Coast thing?
Since I've never even touched the stuff I don't know if it might be worth pursuing. If I could get the stuff in plywood form I might be interested. But maybe the stuff is a pain to deal with?
If someone has better insight I'd be interested in knowing and might work to find a supplier if it is great stuff. If it is as good as Baltic Birch and I can get it cheaper I'd find that quite interesting.
Thank you.