Been missing 1/8" black acrylic and walnut plywood pretty badly, the majority of my designs are those two materials, but a lot of other stuff has been out of stock since before december. Where’s everyone getting their laserable material?
Search the forum for this, no need for a new thread.
Try looking for “acrylic source” or really “(any material) source”. There are probably 50 threads about this already.
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Acrylic I get from Amazon. Cast acrylic is all pretty much the same and the Amazon options for sizes are way better than the PG stuff.
https://www.estreetplastics.com/ for all my acrylics.
I get baltic ply from amazon, a store called Woodever.
Ocooch hardwoods also has some interesting products.
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How is that baltic? I just ordered some myself, I like that it comes in GF sized sheets.
And you may want to look at the Columbia Forest products at Home Depot.com. I get my 1/4 inch maple ply from there, and it’s precut for the Glowforge.
In fact, if you search “glowforge” in the home depot search engine, it’ll bring up several items.
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I have used a lot of this product from Woodever, and I’m always pleased. Sometimes, with all the rain we’ve had, Amazon leaves it in as protected an area as I have outside, but the damp has seeped in a couple of times and I’ve had some serious warpage to contend with. Not Woodever’s fault.
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That’s good to know! Mine won’t be here until next week, but I’m looking forward to trying it out. I got 20 of the 12x20 sheets, so it should hopefully last a while (who am I kidding, probably not 
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But I do still like the PG walnut since I’m lazy and hate to stain/paint stuff.
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Walnut ply is not as easy to find…
I have weird habits… and limited artistic ability, so staining is my stress relief and the one thing I feel I do well. I make most of my own stains, and I find myself staining things that probably shouldn’t be stained, lol.
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Getting fewer clothes I can wear in public that way.
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Lol, my kids accuse me of dressing like a homeless person when I’m at home, because I have so many stained clothes… 
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Not much of a volume price break but it should last a while,
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I’m gonna need a bigger storage rack… 
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Since I don’t buy $800 worth at a time, I often order birch ply from Woodpeckers on Amazon as well: They have 12x12: https://www.amazon.com/12-Premium-Baltic-Birch-Plywood/dp/B013NT3OAC
and 12x24: https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Baltic-Birch-Plywood-Grade/dp/B016H589HC
Not as good of a deal as the bulk, but if you’re a hobbyist like me, still way cheaper than proofgrade.
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