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<blockquote data-quote="VWBobby" data-source="post: 7027120" data-attributes="member: 624844"><p>MDF crumbles and cracks easily compared to regular wood. The reason it's used in box construction is because its a fairly acoustically dead material. It tends to absorb sound. Since it crumbles and cracks easily, it handles a lot more like drywall than regular wood...There are no long strand fibers like plywood. This is why a lot of guys use drywall screws. They have a type of thread that slices into the MDF/drywall without splitting and chipping it. The thread pitch is finer and the threads protrude more. Its still a great idea to pre-drill any holes in MDF. True Baltic Birch plywood is a much better material to work with, but it is a lot more expensive and hard to find. However the BB is a more rigid material so you can use less of it and still build a box that is just as rigid as MDF. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VWBobby, post: 7027120, member: 624844"] MDF crumbles and cracks easily compared to regular wood. The reason it's used in box construction is because its a fairly acoustically dead material. It tends to absorb sound. Since it crumbles and cracks easily, it handles a lot more like drywall than regular wood...There are no long strand fibers like plywood. This is why a lot of guys use drywall screws. They have a type of thread that slices into the MDF/drywall without splitting and chipping it. The thread pitch is finer and the threads protrude more. Its still a great idea to pre-drill any holes in MDF. True Baltic Birch plywood is a much better material to work with, but it is a lot more expensive and hard to find. However the BB is a more rigid material so you can use less of it and still build a box that is just as rigid as MDF. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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