Source for wood used with Rostock?

[drandolph]

So I can get the normal 5mm Birch ply and any acrylic I want however I just finished my Rostock Max build and I already see things I want to do to improve it. I have my own laser cutter and I would like to make my parts out of the same material that seemecnc is using in their kits.

Anyone know a good source for ordering it? It looks to be Melamine vinyl covered MDF thats 1/4" thick? I can't find it anywhere other than China and I don't want to order a shipping containers worth just to get a few small pieces.

[Navkram]

Menards carries white. Dont know if you have one close or maybe home dwpot or lowes might carry it.

[drandolph]

Sadly Home Depot only carries that 3/4" particle board junk you find in IKEA style furniture.

[geneb]

My local HD carries the material, but it's only coated on one side.

At some point I want to make new round parts for one of my machines that uses 3/8" Baltic Birch, but pocketed for the tabbed parts, not cut all the way through.

g.

[drandolph]

So I found a source. Sadly they won't ship but they do carry they exact stuff in white/black and they also have about a dozen other wood veneers like bamboo/cherry/walnut/etc. I was impressed and the price was $26 for a 4x8 sheet and for $5 they cut it down to size so it was ready to fit my laser cutter.


http://www.andersonplywood.com/

[geneb]

If they won't ship, you're just teasing us.

Great price on the material though!

g.

[kbob]

Why not use birch ply? The primary advantage of the melamine board is that it's cheap. You'd probably need to go thicker than 5mm, though.