Most of those really cheap plywoods like luaun etc... where made in indonesia. In the last ten years china has taken over the majority of production, and the quality of the gluing process hasb dramatically dropped. I've had entire sheets just delaminate for no reason whatsoever.

John R

: I used to use door skin but the quality seemed to tank a few years
: ago, I found it unbelievable that the store would have the
: audacity to sell the stuff, they have no shame. Quality is down
: all over: recently I've even had BS1088 split after only a
: couple of years in the open. Next time I will pay for the Lloyds
: stuff.

: Baltic Birch on the other hand, provided it's the real thing (5 x 5
: sheet size is a good clue) is heavy but very good quality. I cut
: a piece once at 12 deg to the surface, sanded and varnished it,
: just to see how good it was. It looked great, like a piece of
: marquetry with straight margins between the laminations, almost
: invisible glue lines and interesting light reflection patterns
: fro the various grain orientation. I am tempted to use it as a
: breast-hook capping piece on a canoe.