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Are you quoting the Woodweb, KOT?

You took a dog-leg to the left, there...

 

Not really.
I saw the first sentence and stopped there.
Is that what was in there later?

 

I dunno - why did you start talking about boats, I wonder?

 

Because of the 1st sentence in the third paragraph in that link you provided>>>
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"Plywood was invented during the Second World War but it was primarily used to build PT boats and landing craft for the military."
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See more at: http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/History_of_Plywood.html#sthash.pqFRWqmp.dpuf

 

Ohhhhh

He was just musing on the poster he was going to make about wood history, then it turned into a discussion...

He also said that particleboard was invented in 1950 as a substitute for plywood I'm assuming he meant Masonite, which was invented in the twenties after precursors hardboard in 1890, then Isorel in 1920.

My cousin lives in Ukiah, (Mendocino County) which used to be "The Masonite Capital of the World." The big mill that used to be in the center of town is gone.

 

Wood geeks, gotta love that!

 

Ah! I see.
I've fabricated many things from 1/4" tempered Masonite. Great stuff for patterns and many other things.
Sorry to hear they are gone.
EPAholes was it?

 

Anything like wood ducks???
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Scootin' off now scouts and all.
Happy Valentine's night all!

 

I bought a really cool old western painting on hardboard - seemed to be from a very weathered bunkhouse or shack where they had painted on the walls. You could see they had sawed it out of a bigger piece. A baby bear up in a burned out tree - wish I knew where it went.

I don't know about the EPA... probably, though. I'm sure it kicked up a lot of yucky stuff. I worked for an Environmental Engineering Company at the Richmond Chevron Refinery for 5 years around 1985 working on an early Superfund project. Refineries are dirty, dirty places and that one is in the middle of San Pablo Bay.

I ran a very tiny technical illustration department, we provided sampling maps and boring drawings, etc.

 

Have a good one!