Here in the UK I`ve always known it as hardboard, it is made of compressed
cardboard I think, can`t see any reason why MDF could not be used in its
place.
Bri


"yupyupxav" wrote in message
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Hi!

I'm new to this group. I'm a hobbyist woodworker in France, and in
some american publications, I can read about panels named Masonite. I
suppose it is a brand because I can't find this in here. Is it similar
to MDF?

Thanks!
Xav

In article , "brian c" wrote:
Here in the UK I`ve always known it as hardboard, it is made of compressed
cardboard I think, can`t see any reason why MDF could not be used in its
place.

Masonite is considerably harder and denser than MDF. It's typically available
in thicknesses of 1/8" (3mm) and 1/4" (6.3mm) in the U.S., whereas MDF
normally is no thinner than 1/2".

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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:42:07 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
Masonite is considerably harder and denser than MDF. It's typically available
in thicknesses of 1/8" (3mm) and 1/4" (6.3mm) in the U.S., whereas MDF
normally is no thinner than 1/2".

In South Africa we get standard and tempered (denser and a bit more
moisture resitent) Masonite in 3.2mm and 6.4mm
MDF is availavle in 3mm, 4mm, 6mm, 9mm, 12mm, 16mm, 19mm, 24mm.
Although we used to make most of it here a lot of is now imported from
Brasil. Sheet sizes are either 1220 x 2440 (4 x 8) for the thinner
sizes to 1830 x 2750 (6 x 9) for the thicker stuff.

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