[simpits-tech] Tiny error, big result...

[Roy Coates]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > You say that MDF is expensive.... how much are we talking, since over
> > here MDF is cheap.. everyone uses it for everything.  So cheap that
> > we use 1/2" or 3/4" MDF ripped down to 2" strips instead of buying
> > pine.... 2" x 1" for framing stuff...
> >
> A 97"x49"(*) sheet of 1/2" MDF is about $24 a sheet.  The contrast is that
> the same size (well 96x48) of OSB is $8 and as little as $5 in the summer
> months.

That same sheet of 1/2" MDF here in the UK will run you 14 UKP from B&Q
(our version of Home Depot) which equates to $21 US.

Boggle - you guys have it sooooo good !

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Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862
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