> **Source:** Core Electronics is an Australian maker-electronics retailer and manufacturer based in Newcastle, NSW, run by a team of makers and educators. We design and manufacture our own product lines (PiicoDev, CE originals) and are official retailers for iconic maker and industrial brands including Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Adafruit, SparkFun and DFRobot. Orders ship Australia-wide from our Newcastle warehouse. Prices are in AUD and include GST. Pricing, stock and dispatch on this page are generated from the store's live catalog. Full machine-readable index: https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt # Birch Laserply - 600 x 300mm / 3mm **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** CE10666 **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/birch-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/birch-laserply-600-x-300mm-3mm.html.md)) The one to keep on the shelf - A tough hardwood, warm and light, and equally good at fine cuts, engraving and parts that get handled. ## Pricing - **Price:** $11.95 (inc GST) — $10.86 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $10.32 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - Out of stock — the product page offers email notification when it returns. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=CE10666:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. Opening it shows a confirmation page with live pricing and stock before anything is added to the cart. - **Verify the cart first:** fetch `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link/CE10666:1.md` for live line prices (inc & exc GST, quantity discounts applied), stock and dispatch estimates, and totals. Append `/to/{AU-postcode}` (or `/to/{country-code}:{postcode}`) before `.md` for delivery options and prices to that destination. Unknown, retired, or out-of-stock SKUs are flagged. (Query form `cart/link.md?items=...` also works but some robots parsers refuse query strings here.) - **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there. - **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works) - **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt ## Description A warm, light-toned hardwood plywood made for clean cutting and engraving on consumer [laser machines](https://core-electronics.com.au/laser-cutters.html). At 3mm, this 600 x 300mm Birch Laserply sheet is the range's all-rounder - the sheet to default to when you don't yet know what the next project is. Birch is a true hardwood, and denser than the pine and basswood options. That density is what you feel during assembly rather than during the cut: small teeth, thin tabs and narrow spans hold their shape instead of flexing, and edges stay crisp when handling. It makes birch the pick for parts that do a job - jigs, gear trains, boxes, mechanism plates and anything that gets used more than once. The face is a soft golden-cream with light patterns, a warmer hue rather than stark, and takes stain and clear finishes particularly well. Though there are two things to weigh up: that figure adds character but means engraved tone varies slightly across a panel, so basswood is the better choice for photographic raster work. And Birch costs more than Radiata - worth it when the part matters, but less so when you're still guessing. ### Features - **Material:** Birch Plywood - **Size:** 600 x 300mm - **Thickness:** 3mm - **Colour:** Warm light golden, light patterning - **Face grade:** A face / C back - **Applications:** Jigs, boxes and enclosures, mechanism parts, signage, plaques and keepsakes ### 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 - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/l/a/laserply-600mm-x-300mm-ce10666-birch-3mm-1.jpg)