reds_21

Thank You Aniceone And X372sailor!!!!!!

Awesome Advice That Has Set My Mind At Ease Now That I Can Buy That Wood And Not Have To Worry About It Falling Apart!!!! Plus Till I Find A Store That Will Plane All My Wood For Me , This Works Just Fine!!!!!!

Thanks Again!!! Also X372 Sailor, That Bookcase Is Nice!!!!!!! That Was All Out Of Pine Huh????

Thnks Guys
Shawn

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Bob

Reds 21,

I ditto your comments.... Excellent posts and thread.

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cfm

Suggestion: I purchased Laminated pine from HD and found that the measurements on the label did not jive. 24x48 nominal was listed, but the material was smaller than that. The material was imported from Europe - perhaps Metric? FWIW, bring a tape measure to be sure. Measure twice - buy once.
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cfm

reds_21

Cfm

Can You Explain Why Wood Is A Thickness Of 21/32". Why Wouldn't It Just Be Taken To 5/8"?? If I Wanna Make My Project Using The Laminated Pine And I Wanted It To Be 1/2" Thick, What Are My Options If I Don't Have A Planer......?

Mike

Shawn, as long as you know what the actual measurements are you can adjust your cuts so everything fits. 21/32" is plywood that should be 3/4". It carries almost the same load so they undersize it and save a layer or 2 of the wood for each sheet. That adds up to $$$ over a production run. If your wood is undersized dont panic. They make what they call plywood router bits that are undersized to match, Rockler sells them. You dont have to spend the money for an extra bit, just use a smaller bit and make a pass then adjsut it to make up the difference in width and make another pass.
By the way, what is your project? We might be able to make other suggestions if we knew what you were working on.

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x372sailor

Not quite all out of pine.

We found a nice piece of laminated fir which we used for the tabletop surface. We reasoned that this is a yacht club "outstation" which is not highly supervised and people don't necessarily treat it as home. The kids are bound to climb on the unit so we decided the fir would stand up to abuse better than the pine. All the vertical pieces and shelves are pine.

Brian

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cfm

Not a clue. Maybe it is before milling? Commercial wood I've purchased in various stores labeled 3/4" as 1". However, the width & length dimensions are usually dead on or close to it. Not the case as earlier stated - the width of the entire material (and the stack it came from) was not the dimension stated on the label - short by nearly an inch. The label aslo stated these were 'nominal' dimensions and the wood was imported from Germany.

So I figure HD either got a great deal on mislabeled goods or they were metric.

So, go figure. Don't forget to bring the tape measure.

cfm

Julie

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Lovely bookcase!!

~Julie~

x372sailor

Julie;

Wow! Thanks. When I delivered the cases to the boat for delivery to the yacht club outstation the (volunteer) outstation overseer "flipped out" when I told him we had more than $500 (CDN) in the pieces (wood, hinges, etc.). Course the labour was dotated, but he flipped regardless. Said he could have made it for $125.

My response was "Why didn't you?". Needless to say we are not on talking terms still (3-1/2 yrs later).

Probably more info. than you wanted to know!

Brian

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