# Basswood Laserply - 600 x 300mm / 3mm

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** CE10665
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/basswood-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/basswood-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html.md))

The model-maker's sheet for intricate cuts and crisp engraving. Pale, almost grainless, and holds fine detail excellently.

## Pricing

- **Price:** $10.35 (inc GST) — $9.41 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $8.94 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Out of stock — the product page offers email notification when it returns.

## Description

A pale, fine-grained plywood panel made for clean cutting and engraving on consumer [laser machines](https://core-electronics.com.au/laser-cutters.html). At 3mm, this 600mm x 300mm Basswood Laserply sheet is the one to pick when the engraving is the end goal- a near-white, near-featureless face that lets burnt detail read as detail instead of competing with the grain.

Even density is what makes basswood a modelling staple. There are no hard grain lines for the beam to labour over, so a 1mm tab cuts as cleanly as a long straight edge and fine internal detail survives the pass intact - architectural models, RC airframes, layered topographic maps and filigree all lean on that consistency.

The A-grade face is clear of knots and patches, which is what lifts this above the everyday sheets: there is nothing on the surface to interrupt a design, and the creamy timber takes ink, paint and stain evenly. It gives real tonal range on raster work where a photograph needs to read as a photograph. The trade-off is softness - basswood marks under clamps and fingernails, so it suits display and decorative pieces rather than parts that carry a load.

### Features

- **Material:** Basswood plywood
- **Size:** 600 x 300mm
- **Thickness:** 3mm
- **Face grade:** A face / C back
- **Manufactured:** Pressed in Melbourne, Australia
- **Sustainability:** FSC/PEFC certified
- **Applications:** Architectural models, RC airframes, topographic maps, layered art, photo engraving and fine filigree
 
### Laser Cutting Plywood

Every sheet in this range is manufactured void-free, so the laser beam meets consistent material wherever it cuts: no bubbling, no blown-out patches, and laser setting profiles that hold from one sheet to the next. The range is pressed in Melbourne using formaldehyde-free adhesives, removing one major source of fumes - which counts in classrooms, design studios and shared workshops. Timber is sourced from FSC-certified or sustainably managed forests.

### Choose Your Sheet

#### Pale, and Easy on the Wallet

- [**Radiata 3mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/radiata-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html) - The value option - softwood, light blonde, plainest face, lowest price in the range.
- [**Basswood 3mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/basswood-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html) - Near-white and almost grainless behind a clear A-grade face. Holds the finest detail.
- [**Birch 3mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/birch-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html) - Warm, light and harder-wearing - the versatile hardwood all-rounder.
- [**Birch 6mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/birch-laserply-600-x-300mm-6mm.html) - The same material at double the thickness - for joints, enclosures and stronger projects.

#### Colour and Character

- [**Jarrah 3mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/jarrah-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html) - Rich terracotta red - Australian hardwood, and the boldest colour here.
- [**Walnut 3mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/american-walnut-laserply-600-x300mm-3mm.html) - Deep rich brown - the showpiece sheet.
- [**Eucalypt 3mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/eucalypt-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html) - Earthy, figured Australian grain behind an A-grade face.
- [**Bamboo 2.5mm**](https://core-electronics.com.au/bamboo-laserply-carbonised-600-x300mm-25mm.html) - Carbonised to a dark caramel-brown that emphasises its very unique and fine grain. Great sustainability.

## Images

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