What are you complaining about?
I just paid the big bucks for a sheet of 3/4" MDF, ripped it to
length for a workbench top that needed to be exactly 96" long and THEN
found that it was 1/8" short.

At least your stuff was long enough!

Pete Stanaitis
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-MIKE- wrote:
This is the the second time I've bought 13 ply birch plywood that is NOT
square, NOT straight, and over-sized.

It used to be a given that you could count on plywood having perfectly
straight edges, perfectly square ends and corners, and being exactly 48x96.

I bought 5 sheets and not a single one is true. They are out of square by
1/32" to 1/8" on every side, and are all over-sized by at least 1/8".

I used to be able to use a factory edge as a straight cutting edge.
Not with this crap. Every long edge is bowed slightly in or out.

Don't even get me started on the paper thin finish plies that are
flaking off like acrylic paint.

"Made in China" saved me money, but has cost me 5x as much in time, so far.
Are there any US wholesale suppliers/distributors that I need to look
for who still make/source perfect plywood?

spaco wrote:
What are you complaining about?
I just paid the big bucks for a sheet of 3/4" MDF, ripped it to length
for a workbench top that needed to be exactly 96" long and THEN found
that it was 1/8" short.

At least your stuff was long enough!

Pete Stanaitis
-------------------

What, you didn't account for shrinkage? :-)


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"spaco" wrote in message
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What are you complaining about?
I just paid the big bucks for a sheet of 3/4" MDF, ripped it to length
for a workbench top that needed to be exactly 96" long and THEN found that
it was 1/8" short.

At least your stuff was long enough!

Pete Stanaitis

Must've been cold out.

In article , spaco wrote:
What are you complaining about?
I just paid the big bucks for a sheet of 3/4" MDF, ripped it to
length for a workbench top that needed to be exactly 96" long and THEN
found that it was 1/8" short.

That sucks. A sheet of MDF is supposed to be 49x97.

Just put edge banding on both ends. Problem solved.

spaco wrote:
What are you complaining about?
I just paid the big bucks for a sheet of 3/4" MDF, ripped it to length
for a workbench top that needed to be exactly 96" long and THEN found
that it was 1/8" short.

At least your stuff was long enough!

Pete Stanaitis
-------------------
-MIKE- wrote:
This is the the second time I've bought 13 ply birch plywood that is NOT
square, NOT straight, and over-sized.

It used to be a given that you could count on plywood having perfectly
straight edges, perfectly square ends and corners, and being exactly
48x96.

I bought 5 sheets and not a single one is true. They are out of square by
1/32" to 1/8" on every side, and are all over-sized by at least 1/8".

I used to be able to use a factory edge as a straight cutting edge.
Not with this crap. Every long edge is bowed slightly in or out.

Don't even get me started on the paper thin finish plies that are
flaking off like acrylic paint.

"Made in China" saved me money, but has cost me 5x as much in time, so
far.
Are there any US wholesale suppliers/distributors that I need to look
for who still make/source perfect plywood?