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Is There An Endgrain In Particleboard?

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dzine
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:21 pm
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A 1" board lstarts as a 24" mat of fibre pulp before compression so i
suggest if there is an endgrain it is the edge. So someone has put a
screw into the edge of a board. As to fixing the break up of said board
i use superglue thin and cramp flat before setting. The hole invariable
closes and insert screw again.
 
TWS
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:21 pm
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:03:54 -0500, Tom Watson <notme@erehwon.com>
wrote:


Quote:

Physical Properties*
Density 45 lbs/cu ft
Internal Bond 80 psi
Modulus of Rupture 1900 psii
Modulus of Elasticity 340,000 psi
Screw Holding - Face 235 lbs
Screw Holding - Edge 180 lbs
*Physical properties tested by using method ASTM D 1037-91


http://www.collinswood.com/M1_WoodProducts/M1H4A1_Particleboard.html



tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
Tom, your data confirms my intuition but I'm surprised there isn't a

bigger difference in holding power.

TWS
 
Patriarch
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:20 pm
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Tom Watson <notme@erehwon.com> wrote in
news:59qm019d4sjh6fqnbcv04toe6kgkuknor2@4ax.com:


Quote:
Physical Properties*
Density 45 lbs/cu ft
Internal Bond 80 psi
Modulus of Rupture 1900 psii
Modulus of Elasticity 340,000 psi
Screw Holding - Face 235 lbs
Screw Holding - Edge 180 lbs
*Physical properties tested by using method ASTM D 1037-91


http://www.collinswood.com/M1_WoodProducts/M1H4A1_Particleboard.html


Just for my education, any idea of the screw holding capabilities of some
of the hardwoods you regularly use, measured in a similar manner?

Patriarch
 
Ed Clarke
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:20 pm
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On 2005-02-10, Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:
Quote:
On 10 Feb 2005 00:16:38 GMT, Ed Clarke <clarke@cilia.org> wrote:

If we accept modern as "last 100 years", then we've just missed the
timeslot for a designer you'd surely agree was better than Stickley -
Harvey Ellis. Looking at any of the "Gustav Stickley" designs the
good stuff is Ellis', the lumpy ugly ones are Gustavs. Sadly the
rarity of their sales was such that Gustav's are now rarer and more
valuable.

Although I do accept your general point, it's also a little unfair to
some of the less well-known but equally skilled designers of recent
years - some of whom are working very much in Stickley's (or Ellis')
style itself.

The problem is that these designers don't have a factory behind them.
With no factory, they can never ever get into a "furniture store".
Therefore, for most Americans, they do not exist.

I'm tired of spending thousands of dollars (Henredon and others) on stuff
that is destined to end up at the curb on bulk trash day. From what I
can see as I pass through furniture stores, everything (mass market
oriented) is designed to be "temporary" and discarded as fashions
change next year.

Changed my sig...

--
I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years
of the last century.
 
Larry Jaques
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:19 pm
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:01:38 +0000, the inscrutable Andy Dingley
<dingbat@codesmiths.com> spake:

Quote:
On 10 Feb 2005 00:16:38 GMT, Ed Clarke <clarke@cilia.org> wrote:

I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
satisfying as that made by Gustav Stickley in the early years of the last
century.

If we accept modern as "last 100 years", then we've just missed the
timeslot for a designer you'd surely agree was better than Stickley -
Harvey Ellis. Looking at any of the "Gustav Stickley" designs the
good stuff is Ellis', the lumpy ugly ones are Gustavs. Sadly the
rarity of their sales was such that Gustav's are now rarer and more
valuable.

I saw quite a few Stickley and Ellis/Stickley repros in Anchorage, AK
when I was there a couple years ago. I just love Ellis' stuff!


Quote:
Although I do accept your general point, it's also a little unfair to
some of the less well-known but equally skilled designers of recent
years - some of whom are working very much in Stickley's (or Ellis')
style itself.

Yes, indeed. Harvey was Stickley's premier designer. Robert Lang just
put out a book on his inlay work. I hope to be doing some of that in
the near future, along with a few other projects.


--
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-----------------------
http://diversify.com Veal-free Websites
 
Highland Pairos
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:19 pm
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"Robatoy" <design@BULLtopworks.ca> wrote in message
news:design-02A6E8.10113210022005@nr-tor01.bellnexxia.net...
Quote:
In article <krpm01tmdjajadqkropd8077dpcvp5td19@4ax.com>,
Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:

[snip]

Hell, some clown paid $150,000 for a Plymouth Satellite at a recent
auction. That was a bad car in its day. But somebody wanted it THAT bad.

You have got to be kidding. I drove one of those in high school.

SteveP.
 
Ed Clarke
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:19 pm
Guest
On 2005-02-10, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di> wrote:
Quote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:01:38 +0000, the inscrutable Andy Dingley
dingbat@codesmiths.com> spake:


Quote:
Although I do accept your general point, it's also a little unfair to
some of the less well-known but equally skilled designers of recent
years - some of whom are working very much in Stickley's (or Ellis')
style itself.

Yes, indeed. Harvey was Stickley's premier designer. Robert Lang just
put out a book on his inlay work. I hope to be doing some of that in
the near future, along with a few other projects.

Just found this site: http://www.arts-crafts.com when I was searching for
info on another bookcase ( Charles Limbert ). I've started digging up
lots of names because I bought a complete CD-ROM copy of "The Craftsman"
from 1901 through 1916 on eBay. This is the guy I bought it from:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4526387303

I discovered (much to my amazement) that William Morris the chair designer
also wrote a book that I enjoyed very much.

--
I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years
of the last century.
 
Rick Cook
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:19 pm
Guest
Ed Clarke wrote:
Quote:
On 2005-02-10, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di> wrote:

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:01:38 +0000, the inscrutable Andy Dingley
dingbat@codesmiths.com> spake:



Although I do accept your general point, it's also a little unfair to
some of the less well-known but equally skilled designers of recent
years - some of whom are working very much in Stickley's (or Ellis')
style itself.

Yes, indeed. Harvey was Stickley's premier designer. Robert Lang just
put out a book on his inlay work. I hope to be doing some of that in
the near future, along with a few other projects.


Just found this site: http://www.arts-crafts.com when I was searching for
info on another bookcase ( Charles Limbert ). I've started digging up
lots of names because I bought a complete CD-ROM copy of "The Craftsman"
from 1901 through 1916 on eBay. This is the guy I bought it from:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4526387303

I discovered (much to my amazement) that William Morris the chair designer
also wrote a book that I enjoyed very much.

Morris wrote a lot more than one book! He was a 19th Century polymath

who designed everything from furniture to fabrics and wrote books from
fiction to poetry to books on design.

Find some more of his stuff. You're likely to be astonished at his range
and inspired by his thoughts on design.

--RC
 
Larry Jaques
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:20 am
Guest
On 10 Feb 2005 23:53:33 GMT, the inscrutable Ed Clarke
<clarke@cilia.org> spake:

Quote:
On 2005-02-10, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di> wrote:

Yes, indeed. Harvey was Stickley's premier designer. Robert Lang just
put out a book on his inlay work. I hope to be doing some of that in
the near future, along with a few other projects.

Just found this site: http://www.arts-crafts.com when I was searching for
info on another bookcase ( Charles Limbert ). I've started digging up
lots of names because I bought a complete CD-ROM copy of "The Craftsman"
from 1901 through 1916 on eBay. This is the guy I bought it from:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4526387303

Looks interesting. Is it worth the steep price? I have over a dozen
very nice A&C books now, including 2 of Lang's Craftsman furniture
books and the latest, "Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware :
Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis" (Shop Drawings
series)


Quote:
I discovered (much to my amazement) that William Morris the chair designer
also wrote a book that I enjoyed very much.

He was a prolific author. His fabric designs are still being
reproduced by Sanderson in GB. Lovely stuff going for a mere
$40 to $60/yd. <thud> http://www.sanderson-uk.com


--
STOP LIVING LIKE VEAL
-----------------------
http://diversify.com Veal-free Websites
 
Rob Mitchell
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:17 am
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Robatoy wrote:

Quote:
even melamine. A client of mine cut 2' x 2' panels from PB and 'tiled'
his workshop floor with them... he edgebanded each tile with 3/8" oak
strips. 3 coats of Fabulon and it looks like cork. A great, cheap floor.

..ran out of tea...gone

0?0

Rob

Any problem with moisture absorption? Was the oak just decorative, or ?
That would make a cheap floor covering.
 
Fly-by-Night CC
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:12 am
Guest
In article <krpm01tmdjajadqkropd8077dpcvp5td19@4ax.com>,
Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:

Quote:
If we accept modern as "last 100 years", then we've just missed the
timeslot for a designer you'd surely agree was better than Stickley -
Harvey Ellis. Looking at any of the "Gustav Stickley" designs the
good stuff is Ellis', the lumpy ugly ones are Gustavs. Sadly the
rarity of their sales was such that Gustav's are now rarer and more
valuable.

Although I do accept your general point, it's also a little unfair to
some of the less well-known but equally skilled designers of recent
years - some of whom are working very much in Stickley's (or Ellis')
style itself.

Of the mass market manufacturers of the time, I think many of Limbert's
designs are outstanding and set themselves apart from the Stickley's.
The cutouts and gothic arches, I find very appealing. I would agree with
Ellis' designs too - especially the beautiful inlay pieces.

The Roycrofters is a puzzler to me - they branded almost all of their
furniture with a big ol' Roycroft logo right on the very front. Signing
one's work is one thing, but sheesh.

Of course, as I'm sure you know, the A&C movement was all about honoring
the individual artisan and craftsman and rejecting the factory clones
brought about by industrialization of the late Victorian era. It was
about purposeful design and not merely because the technology to stamp
out thousands of copies of an intricate design by machine was now
possible. (Just because one can do something doesn't mean it adds value
to the end product.) The irony is that the very movement that honored
the skill of the individual was appropriated by mass production
factories wherein the worker was just an operator of a machine.

--
Owen Lowe and his Fly-by-Night Copper Company
____

"Sure we'll have fascism in America, but it'll come disguised
as 100% Americanism." -- Huey P. Long
 
Andy Dingley
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:13 am
Guest
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:29:05 -0800, Fly-by-Night CC
<onlnlowe@easystreet.com> wrote:

Quote:
I think many of Limbert's
designs are outstanding and set themselves apart from the Stickley's.
The cutouts and gothic arches, I find very appealing

Limbert ?! I find their stuff indeed distinctive, but the random
arches and mad cutouts have more in common with '60s sub-Tolkien than
with the Gothic period.

Is there any truth in the rumour that the Seven Dwarves' house in
Disney's Snow White was furnished in Limbert designs ?
 
Robatoy
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:14 am
Guest
In article <PPXOd.27471$Ub4.1294733@news20.bellglobal.com>,
Rob Mitchell <robert.mitchell@sympatico.private> wrote:

Quote:
Robatoy wrote:

even melamine. A client of mine cut 2' x 2' panels from PB and 'tiled'
his workshop floor with them... he edgebanded each tile with 3/8" oak
strips. 3 coats of Fabulon and it looks like cork. A great, cheap floor.

..ran out of tea...gone

0?0

Rob

Any problem with moisture absorption? Was the oak just decorative, or ?
That would make a cheap floor covering.


He had to finish the edges where the sheets were going to join in order
to control possible moisture. It was at that point he decided to cut the
sheets into smaller 'tiles' (making scribing and fitting a lot easier)
and the oak became decorative as well.
The floor is above grade. I called him and he told me that he put a
thick coat of Fabulon on the bottom of the tiles as well, then put it
down with construction adhesive. He said he got the idea from an article
(which he thinks) he saw in Fine Homebuilding some 10 years ago. The
floor looked great 2 years after he did the job, other than the usual
'knockabout' scuffing.

Maybe a search at Taunton's site?

0?0

Rob--->who thinks that the moisture issue would be about the same as an
edgebanded bookshelf as the floor is installed above grade.
 
Robatoy
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:15 am
Guest
In article <N7ROd.279$TC3.138@news02.roc.ny>,
"Highland Pairos" <pairo@frontiernetnospam.net> wrote:

Quote:
"Robatoy" <design@BULLtopworks.ca> wrote in message
news:design-02A6E8.10113210022005@nr-tor01.bellnexxia.net...
In article <krpm01tmdjajadqkropd8077dpcvp5td19@4ax.com>,
Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:

[snip]

Hell, some clown paid $150,000 for a Plymouth Satellite at a recent
auction. That was a bad car in its day. But somebody wanted it THAT bad.

You have got to be kidding. I drove one of those in high school.

SteveP.



Kidding about what? That some clown paid 150K or that it was a bad car?

*G*

The Barrett Jackson auction site will have more to say about it.
May have been a special engine/transmission combo...limited production?
Who knows?.... but 150 grand?? Hell, that's more money than all the
tools in the Festool catalogue!!!
150 grand?? That's an upgrade to my home theatre set-up...like a NEW
HOME!
 
Ed Clarke
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:21 pm
Guest
On 2005-02-11, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di> wrote:
Quote:
On 10 Feb 2005 23:53:33 GMT, the inscrutable Ed Clarke

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4526387303

Looks interesting. Is it worth the steep price? I have over a dozen
very nice A&C books now, including 2 of Lang's Craftsman furniture
books and the latest, "Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware :
Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis" (Shop Drawings
series)

What you get is eight CD-ROMs with pdf files of each issue of "The
Craftsman". The files are searchable and printable with one exception.
The "Index" file is a modern compilation that includes the table of
contents of every issue and that is not printable except through some
contortions to defeat the no-print security flag.

This is not simply a bunch of plans; it includes things like an
essay by a stained glass worker complaining about how the customer
screws up the "art" and cheapens the product. "12th century stained
glass lasts 700 years exposed to the elements; modern stained glass
needs to be kept behind outer glass due to flimsyness of construction."

I notice a significant number of woman authors in the contents. I'd been
under the impression that women were kitchen dwellers or household
managers at that time (1901-1916). Guess I was wrong, at least in the
A&C community.

All in all, I'm glad that I spent the $50. I'm learning a lot, and not
just about woodworking.

--
I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years
of the last century.
 
 
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