OT Cheep shop-vac

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Tom Peters<tpeters at mixcom.com> wrote: It's true that it's more stable and doesn't move with humidity, but accounting for the movement is quite easy. Also, wide boards should only get wider with humidity changes, but still remain flat. If they warp, it's because there were problems with wood preparation or selection for that part of the piece. Also, if you choose quarter-sawn boards, then they don't really move much at all. They're more expensive though. To me, the durability problems with particle board make it not worth it. I have two drawers in my kitchen where the fronts have come off because of being closed too hard while full of silverware. I'm planning to remake all of the drawer boxes in there so that they hold together for more than a couple years. A friend of ours gave us a twin size bed, normal particle board stuff. It didn't even make it upstairs into the bedroom. I picked it up to carry it upstairs and it came apart in my hands. The screws that were holding it together blew out the sides of the boards. I also have a problem with the 1/8" MDF they use for the backs of furniture, same for drawer bottoms. Particle board won't hold the staples they use so they start to work their way out, or they blow out like the bed. That should be at least 1/4" plywood glued in place. I use 3/8" plywood for backs in my stuff, but I'm considering switching to tongue-in-groove boards so I don't have to deal with 4/8 plywood sheets anymore. brian