Architectural Millwork & Cabinet Grade

White Oak Plywood & Veneer in Miami

Rift cut and plain sliced white oak faces, on the core your job actually calls for — domestic fir veneer core, MDF, or Baltic birch. Matching veneer and edge banding sold separately so the whole run reads as one piece of wood.

Rift, plain sliced & quarter sawn faces
A/1, B/1 and B/2 face grades
1/4″, 1/2″, 5/8″ and 3/4″
4×8, 4×10 and 5×10 formats
10-mil veneer in matching cuts
Matching edge banding, NG & PG

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Specify Before You Order

Cut — rift, plain sliced or quarter sawn
Core — fir veneer core, MDF or Baltic birch
Face grade — A/1, B/1, B/2
Backer — 1S or 2S
Sheet size — 4×8, 4×10, 5×10
Edge banding — width, roll length, NG or PG

Call for current stock. Mon–Fri, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM. Hablamos Español.

Step One

The Cut Decides the Look

On white oak, the slicing method changes the panel more than the species does. Get this wrong and a $12,000 millwork package reads as the wrong material. These are the three cuts we supply, and what each one actually does on a finished face.

Rift Cut

Our deepest oak inventory

Sliced on a radial angle slightly off the true quarter, specifically to suppress the medullary flake that quartered oak shows. The result is a tight, straight, almost linear grain with very little figure.

This is the cut specified for contemporary architectural millwork, tall slab doors, reception desks and elevator lobbies — anywhere a long vertical run has to look calm and uniform.

Plain Sliced (P/S)

Traditional cathedral figure

Sliced parallel through the log, producing the looping cathedral arch at the center of each leaf that most people picture when they think of oak.

The traditional choice for residential casework, libraries, paneled offices and anything matching existing plain sliced oak trim. More movement in the face, and more character per sheet.

Quarter Sawn

Flake is the feature

Cut radially through the quartered log, crossing the ray cells so they show as flake or “tiger ray” across the face. Straight grain plus visible figure.

Specified for Mission, Craftsman and Stickley-style work where the flake is the point. Worth knowing: in the veneer trade the line between quartered and rift is a matter of degree, so if flake matters to your job, say so when you order.

Step Two

Core: Domestic Fir, Manufactured, or Baltic Birch

The face is what the client sees. The core is what decides whether your doors stay flat, whether your screws hold, and what your installers are carrying up the stairs. Same white oak face, three very different panels.

Core	Weight	Screw hold at the edge	Face flatness	Specify it when
Domestic fir veneer core	Lightest of the three	Best — wood fiber bites	Good; can telegraph core joints	Carcass work, shelving, anything hung or carried, edge-screwed assemblies
MDF / manufactured core	Heaviest — roughly 25% over veneer core	Weakest at the edge; use confirmats or dowels	Flattest, smoothest face available	Slab doors, large flat panels, high-gloss or critical finishes
Baltic birch core	Middle	Excellent	Very good; void-free birch throughout	Exposed edges, drawer boxes, joinery where the ply stack is part of the design

Why Cabinet Shops Ask for 13 Plies

Baltic birch is graded partly by how many plies are stacked into the thickness. In 18 mm the standard construction is 13 plies of birch, roughly 1.5 mm each, with no voids and no filler species — 12 mm runs 9 plies, 15 mm runs 11. More plies in the same thickness means more glue lines, better dimensional stability, and a clean stack when you leave the edge exposed.

One detail worth catching before you cut: 18 mm is not 3/4″. It is about 0.709″, roughly 1/32″ under. In precision casework, dadoes and rabbets cut for 3/4″ stock will leave you slop. Metric panels want metric tooling.

Inventory

White Oak We Carry

Panels, veneer and edging across both white and red oak. Availability moves, so call for current stock before you commit a submittal.

Rift Panels

3/4″ white oak rift B/1 & B/2, 4×8
1/2″ and 1/4″ white oak rift
4/4 white oak rift
3/4″ and 1/4″ red oak rift, 4×8

Plain Sliced Panels

3/4″ white oak P/S B/2, 4×8
1/4″ white oak P/S B/2, 4×8
3/4″ red oak P/S B-1, 4×8
1/4″ red oak P/S A-1, 4×8

MDF-Core Panels

3/4″ MDF white oak rift A/1, 4×8 & 4×10
1/2″ MDF white oak rift A/1 & B/1, 4×8
3/4″ MDF white oak P/S A/1, 4×8
3/4″ MDF white oak 2S 1A, 4×10

Solid Hardwood

4/4, 5/4, 6/4 and 8/4 white oak
4/4 white oak hardwood
5/8″ and 1/2″ white oak
4/4 FAS red oak, rough

Sold Separately

Veneer and Matching Edge Banding

Raw veneer and edge banding are stocked separately from the panels, in the same cuts — so a curved return, a shop-laid substrate and a panel edge all finish as the same wood. Order them together and the run matches. Order them a month apart and you are gambling on the flitch.

White Oak Veneer

10-mil and WOW backing

Rift, plain sliced and quarter sawn white oak in 4×8, 4×10 and 5×10. Red oak rift and P/S in the same formats. Used for curved work, columns, shop-applied substrates and repairs where a full panel will not bend.

Matching Edge Banding

7/8″ and 2″ · NG and PG

White oak edging in 7/8″ × 250′ and 500′ rolls, plus 2″ × 500′. Red oak in 7/8″ × 250′ and 500′. Stocked in both NG (no glue, for a hot-air or contact application) and PG (pre-glued, for an iron or edgebander with a hot-melt shoe).

Ordering the Set

Tell us the panel, the veneer and the banding in one call and we pull them as a package. Give us the total linear footage of exposed edge, not just the sheet count — that is what determines how many rolls you actually need, and it is the single most common shortfall on an oak millwork order.

Looking for something specific? Call our team.

Who We Supply

Built for the Trade

Cabinet Shops

Rift on MDF core for slab doors, veneer core for boxes, matching banding for exposed edges. One species, three constructions, one delivery.

Architectural Millwork

Sequence-critical wall panels, reception desks and lobby work where the submittal calls out a cut by name and the GC is checking.

Furniture Manufacturers

Repeat runs where face consistency across production batches matters more than any single sheet.

Marine & Yacht Refit

Interior joinery in white oak alongside our marine panel program. Ask about core selection for interior versus wet-area work.

Common Questions

White Oak, Answered

What is the difference between rift and quarter sawn white oak?

Both are cut radially, but rift is sliced slightly off the true quarter specifically to avoid the medullary flake. Quarter sawn shows that flake as a feature. If you want straight grain with no figure, ask for rift. If you want the flake, ask for quartered — and say so explicitly, because the two overlap in the veneer trade.

Which core should I use for painted or high-gloss white oak doors?

MDF core. It gives the flattest, smoothest substrate of the three and will not telegraph core joints through a critical finish. The trade-off is weight — roughly 25% more than veneer core — and weaker screw retention at the edge, so plan your hardware accordingly.

Is 18 mm Baltic birch the same as 3/4 inch?

No. 18 mm is about 0.709″ — roughly 1/32″ under 3/4″. It is close enough for rough work and not close enough for precision casework. If your tooling and joinery are set up for 3/4″ stock, account for the difference before you cut.

Can I get veneer and edge banding that match my panels?

Yes, and they are sold separately from the panels. We stock white oak veneer in rift, plain sliced and quarter sawn, plus white oak edging in 7/8″ and 2″ widths in NG and PG. Order the panel, the veneer and the banding on the same call so they come off the same pull.

Do you deliver white oak in Miami-Dade and Broward?

Yes — Doral, Hialeah, Miami, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, Homestead, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines and Hollywood. Tell us when you call whether the site needs forklift offload, and call ahead to confirm availability and scheduling.

Do you sell white oak to the public?

We are a wholesale distributor serving trade professionals — contractors, cabinet shops, millwork and production companies, marine builders and furniture manufacturers. We are not a big-box store.

Get Your Oak Package Priced

Give us the cut, the core, the face grade, the sheet count and the linear feet of exposed edge. We will tell you what is on the floor and what has to be brought in.

(305) 884-0860

Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

7340 NW 56th St, Doral, FL 33166

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