Baltic Birch Ply Question

[havighurst]

Can I rout an edge on baltic birch? I know I could try it, but no point in wasting wood if I don't have to. The finished project will be painted.

[bigsteel15]

Can I rout an edge on baltic birch? I know I could try it, but no point in wasting wood if I don't have to. The finished project will be painted.

My experience has been that it turns out pretty nice.
You will rarely get a void like in regular PW.
May have to prime the edges as they might soak up paint pretty good.

[cgallery]

+1 what Brian said. BB edges take profiles very nicely. Always test a scrap, though, before going at a large workpiece.

[havighurst]

Thanks for the fast responses. It is time to fire up the router!!

[RodKirby]

Make sure you keep the workpiece moving (like any end grain), across the bit. Otherwise it will burn.

[WoodButcher26]

Just finishing a project that uses finger-jointed drawers, used 12mm Baltic for the sides. Worked great, very little tear out, make sure and use a backer board. The Baltic that I found has some great grain and figure, part of it looks like the Masur Birch that I've seen with the dark lines and wavy figure. Drawers turned out pretty nice.


Kim

[cabinetman]

Use a sharp bit and don't try to profile in one pass. Do a few, having the last just a skim run.



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