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Post by majorminor on May 25, 2021 17:14:11 GMT -5
I use a unit of 7/16" OSB every 4-6 weeks for crating up doors to ship all over. In December 2020 I paid $21.80 a sheet for 2 full units. In Feb 2021 I paid $32.50 a sheet for 2 units. In April 2021 I paid $52.99 a sheet and bought 4 units as my lumber yard contacts were saying they might run out and the price was going to keep going up. I was just quoted $69.15 a sheet from the lumber yard down the street.
This morning a local for sale ad from a private seller popped up for 44 new sheets of virgin 7/16" OSB. After a furious back and forth we settled at $40 a sheet CASH ONLY TODAY. I'm trying to decide whether to bring my .357 to the meet. I also find my self hoping some clever young lad isn't selling me his out of town neighbors stash. If it all goes well and I don't get rolled I'm considering trying to sell it back to the lumber yard down the street for $50 a sheet. Good times.
Psssstt. Wanna buy some OSB?
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Post by billhammond on May 25, 2021 17:28:04 GMT -5
For some reason, this cartoon just popped into my head, one of my favorite Gahan Wilson creations:  |
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Post by jdd2 on May 25, 2021 18:18:51 GMT -5
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Post by aquaduct on May 25, 2021 18:52:51 GMT -5
Lumber ain't nothin' right at the moment. Try pricing steel. Assuming you can find any.
1979 redux 3 years early.
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Post by Village Idiot on May 25, 2021 21:15:45 GMT -5
OSB. You mean particle board?
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Post by majorminor on May 25, 2021 21:40:11 GMT -5
OSB. You mean particle board? Oriented Strand Board The deal is done and it was prime uncut stuff. |
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Post by Village Idiot on May 25, 2021 21:41:59 GMT -5
I looked up images. We call it particle board or wafer board.
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Post by majorminor on May 25, 2021 21:44:45 GMT -5
We call it particle board Huh. Well what do you call particle board then? |
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Post by John B on May 25, 2021 21:51:19 GMT -5
Todd, OSB is a very different type of material as compared to particle board.
You probably call your corrugate "cardboard." You probably call concrete "cement."
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Post by Village Idiot on May 25, 2021 21:57:30 GMT -5
So it’s not this:  |
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Post by Dub on May 25, 2021 22:02:37 GMT -5
Todd, OSB is a very different type of material as compared to particle board. You probably call your corrugate "cardboard." You probably call concrete "cement." According to Wikipedia, |
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Post by Marshall on May 26, 2021 7:21:35 GMT -5
Good ole Armin Elmendorf. Oh the wild times we had snorting adhesive and carousing til dawn.
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Post by jdd2 on May 26, 2021 7:48:55 GMT -5
At least it's not called elmendorf board.
(If armin's first name had been roomin, then it could have been roomin board.)
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Post by majorminor on May 26, 2021 8:01:54 GMT -5
So it’s not this: Yes that's OSB. Or sometimes called "chip board" as you said. Particle board is has much finer particles(no big chips)and is much looser in particulate density. Not much structural strength at all. Particle board:  OSB  |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2021 8:21:28 GMT -5
The price of an Esteban guitar just skyrocketed.
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Post by billhammond on May 26, 2021 8:22:25 GMT -5
The price of an Esteban guitar GLO just skyrocketed. |
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Post by dradtke on May 26, 2021 9:49:47 GMT -5
OSB is like particle board made of really big particles. And MDF is particle board that's been squished down harder.
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Post by howard lee on May 26, 2021 10:11:35 GMT -5
OSB is like particle board made of really big particles. And MDF is particle board that's been squished down harder.
So, how do these differ from HPL? (Asking for a friend.)
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Post by dradtke on May 26, 2021 10:43:53 GMT -5
OSB is like particle board made of really big particles. And MDF is particle board that's been squished down harder. So, how do these differ from HPL? (Asking for a friend.)
HPL is a stack of brown paper with a picture on the front, squished down hard with plastic. |
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Post by Dub on May 26, 2021 13:16:08 GMT -5
OSB is like particle board made of really big particles. And MDF is particle board that's been squished down harder. So, how do these differ from HPL? (Asking for a friend.)
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