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Marine grade plywood May 26 2012 at 6:46 PM		(Login jsbotham)
Response to 1972 Chris Craft Lancer Restoration

Once the interior components were removed I started my search for a quality marine grade plywood. At first I thought ACX would be just fine but after reading enough posts online about the large number of voids, imperfections, and lack of consistency in ACX, I was able to justify spending the extra money on a good marine plywood. Having narrowed my search to only "marine grade" plywood, I still had plenty of options to pick from. The local Menards store had the best price by far at $89 a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 Fir, but they had to special order it. This meant I had no control over the number of knots and imperfections in what was shipped. After checking a number of options in town, I settled on buying the wood from a local company called Midwest Boat Appeal. The owner was extremely nice and helped me decide what type of wood worked best for my project. He had a huge selection of wood species to choose from including Okoume, Mahogany and Teak but I settled on a Meranti. Theses next few pictures are of my father and me cutting out the seat bases, engine box and bulk head panels.

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