I am in the design process for a new entertainment center for our livingroom. The LOML loves oak.
Yesterday while trying to find a new source of cabinet hardware locally, I stopped in at a local lumberyard. I quit shopping here over the last 2 years as due to the downturned economy, they were no longer open on Saturdays and close early each evening about the time the average DIYer gets off work. This lumberyard pretty much placed themselves in a situation to do business with contractors only.
They didn't have the hinges I was hoping to find locally but in a conversation with a friend who works there, he stated they had a limited supply of hardwood and hardwood plywood. He took me to the warehouse and showed me what they had.
On another note....they carry cherry and I could have gotten it 3 dollars cheaper per board foot than I paid ....and I didn't have to drive 30 miles each way to get it....
The 3/4" oak plywood they had was 5 layers...but the outer oak skins were at least or maybe slightly thicker than 1/8". Is that normal? Now he printed me a list of their offerings and it says it's 7 layer but I swear I could only see 5 and that outer two oak layers were over 1/8" thick. Is there hardwood plywood 5 layers with 1/8" hardwood on the outside or were my eyes failing me?