Ed & List, I used the 3/4" birch plywood to make my modules 17 years ago. It has NOT warped at all! The "shop grade" birch plywood is bought by the skid load by cabinet making shops. Most shops also have programmable panel saws that you can stack up to 10 sheets and cut them all at the same time. The boards will be PERFECT in width. In about 10 minutes a panel saw can make a sheet into a LOT of 3" & 4" wide benchwork lumber from 1 sheet of plywood, and without any effort or saw dust on your part. The birch plywood is also available in 4 x 10 and 5 x 8 sheets. I know someone who bought his benchwork lumber as cut plywood from a cabinet shop. When he figured out the cost of materials and time involved, it was still be better and cheaper then either buying the pine or even the birch plywood and doing it himself. I plan on buying the plywood cut if I ever build a real layout. Get a good chopsaw or better yet a radial arm saw and you will be golden. I know all of the above because I have been the purchasing agent for 2 cabinet shops as various times in my career.
Another friend bought and used furring strips for a good amount of his benchwork against my advice. I predict he will have trouble at some point in the future with the wood warping. What is allegedly the world's largest private home layout is about 1 hour from me. Ken McCorry has a HUGE layout that has been in magazines. There is NO pine in its entire construction. Most go to look at the trains. I have spent a fair amount of time looking at the UNDERSIDE for the benchwork ideas. The underside it a true wooden work of art. Instead of making 100 trips to Home Depot, Ken attacked the benchwork like a construction project. He had the entire benchwork cut list made on the computer. He bought most of the plywood at one time, saving money there, and kept cutting until he was done! Does that answer your questions? Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Importing a Brass S Scale PRR X29 & G26 http://www.pennsysmodels.com PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://mywebpages.comcast.net/billlane/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://mywebpages.comcast.net/billlane/PRRTHS_Application.pdf See my Altoona train videos here http://www.myspace.com/billlane Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Importing a Brass S Scale PRR X29 & G26 http://www.pennsysmodels.com PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://mywebpages.comcast.net/billlane/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://mywebpages.comcast.net/billlane/PRRTHS_Application.pdf See my Altoona train videos here http://www.myspace.com/billlane Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
