Plywood

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

http://www.huberwood.com/industrial/dsp_products.cfm?doc_id=156

What do you think about this wood. Its used for flooring in new houses. Its like 26 bucks a 4x8 sheet with a 25 year warranty,LMAO. I can get alot of this free because I frame houses.Think its ok to build a box out of this stuff?

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[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Generally, MDF is preferred to build boxes out of.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Generally, MDF is preferred to build boxes out of.

Why this stuff is way stronger.

 

[Blunt 10+ year member]

seen perfectly good boxs made of plywood.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I have always used MDF, which is what just about everybody uses. I have built 2 boxes out of plywood in the past beacause I was bored and had a sheet laying outside.

 

[nissanrider06 10+ year member]

but arnt u supposed to seal them with fiberglass resin?

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Did you even go to the website? Its not plywood.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Did you even go to the website? Its not plywood.

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AdvanTech® is a family of engineered wood products specifically designed to provide more moisture resistance and stability than plywood. Built with an advanced resin technology system, AdvanTech high-performance panels provide superior performance to specialty plywood, OSB and other types of wood-based panels. AdvanTech products are engineered with higher strength and stiffness and greatly enhanced dimensional stability. US Patent 6,479,127.

Basic Uses:

Transportation

Modular Construction

Counter Tops

Furniture

Cabinets

and many other industrial applications

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like it's a generic version of Hardi-Plank or similar products...

If you can find a way to chemically bond it and make it structurally rigid enough, it could work, although finishing it will be difficult.

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Hardie plank, thats a siding product.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Sounds like it's a generic version of Hardi-Plank or similar products...
If you can find a way to chemically bond it and make it structurally rigid enough, it could work, although finishing it will be difficult.

Generic? No Way is this generic. Its used in million dollar homes. Like I said its 26 bucks a 4x8 piece. MDF is like at most 10 bucks a sheet

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

i think mdf is a little more than that. But to determine if it would be good for boxes, you would just have to find out if it is dense enough. Thats why people prefer mdf over anything else, because of its density.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

MDF is compressed sawdust and its held together with wax and glue. This is compessed wood held together with resin and other chemicals.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

i think mdf is a little more than that. But to determine if it would be good for boxes, you would just have to find out if it is dense enough. Thats why people prefer mdf over anything else, because of its density.

Here in Knoxville,TN I get it for 7 dollars a sheet

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

then it would probably be a good product. But i dont know why you would want to pay that much if there is not REAL advantages to using it over mdf. I pay around 16 a sheet for the product we use on all our boxes. Its called Trupan. Its a lighter mdf. Little more pricy but the weight diff is incredible.