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Yeah, I've noticed that sizing issue...
In Response To: Either one, but HD is worse. I buy at a REAL lumber yard, and last I bought, was actually cheaper ()
When I do my planning, it is based on precise measurements, and then I get lumber and find that it is anything but precise... very irritating. But then again I am more used to working in aluminum or copper... I still have a LOT to learn about wood.
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- Marine grade Plywood?
- True. I worked in the plywood machinery business for years.
- Bend plywood???
- No, most US plywood is junk, good for houses only.
- Home Depot? or Lowes?
- Either one, but HD is worse. I buy at a REAL lumber yard, and last I bought, was actually cheaper
- Yeah, I've noticed that sizing issue...
- Music to my ears. My main supplier started his business the year I was born, and he still works there every day.
- Sad that the big box stores have replaced real hardware stores...
- Have to say this though. I was in Lowe's a few weeks ago, and found plywood
- Small world.
- I'm surprised . . . but pleased to hear that
- In Rockland Maine-the Pine Tree State, Home Depot sells wood pellets imported from Georgia. ???
- In Rockland Maine-the Pine Tree State, Home Depot sells wood pellets imported from Georgia. ???
- Local hardware stores are it!
- Either one, but HD is worse. I buy at a REAL lumber yard, and last I bought, was actually cheaper
- Do you realize what you just wrote?
- Home Depot? or Lowes?
