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

[Rick Davis]

MDF here is 23.75 a sheet
OSB is 12.85

If you can get it for 5.00 a sheet on any day of the week Gene, let me know. 
The stores here are paying more than 9.00/sheet.

I recall the reason MDF runs an inch larger is because it is primarily used 
for cabinetry with the application of Veneers which gives a bit more wiggle 
room. Also, it is very susceptible to humidity. A 4 x 8  foot sheet made on 
a damp day may very well be less than that on a dry day.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Coates" <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk>
To: "Simulator Cockpit tech list" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Tiny error, big result...


> 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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