Balsa Plywood & Panels
Balsa plywood varies by Length, Width, and Thickness. Sheets longer than 48 inches take longer to make and are harder and more expensive to ship. Single ply sheets are available in thicknesses of 1/64 inch as the thinnest and between 3 to 4 inch as the thickest. Maximum width is 48 inches and maximum length depends on any shipping restrictions. For smaller quantities 8 foot or less is a good choice but sections longer than 8 foot may have surcharges and shipping restrictions. Below are the prices of each single ply layer that is available. For example if you want a 4-ply balsa panel with a finished thickness of 1-inch and a size of 4 foot x 4 foot area = 16 square feet for each of the four 1-ply 1/4 inch thick layers at $5.63 per square foot would cost $360.32 + shipping and handling to make this size of custom balsa plywood panel. You may mix and match different layer thicknesses or densities of balsa to meet your needs. Please specify the grain direction(s) in, length, width, and total thickness. Grain direction is dictated by the blocks we have in stock. We may have balsa in lengths of 24 or less, 30, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72, and 96 inches balsa lengths available that we will price according to their length. Sometimes a customer needs a longer grain line than 96 inches (or we are out of 96 inch) so we end up splicing smaller sections to make a oversized length balsa panel that still has good strength properties. Any panels with grains longer than 48 inches will have a 50% surcharge unless you allow us to splice shorter blocks to make a grain line that is longer than 48 inches. Include information about density in the message box at the end of this page:
- Light Balsa at (6-10 pounds per cubic foot), Medium Balsa at (10-14 pounds per cubic foot), & Heavy Balsa at (14-19 pounds per cubic foot) are all 40% extra.
- Extra Light Balsa at (6 or less pounds per cubic foot) & Extra Heavy Balsa at (19+ pounds per cubic foot) are 100% extra. Please note that Extra Light balsa is sometimes referred to as "Contest Grade" balsa because is used for ultra light airplane contests. It is usually discolored, very hard to find, very brittle, weak, and squishy.
- No preference as to a weight of balsa = no additional charge.
Discounts may be available for the following items: » view defect pictures
- B-grade balsa which is discolored.
- Industrial Grade balsa which may contain pinholes, horizontal or vertical cracks, knots, pith from the center of the tree, or bark.
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