Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 10:10:54 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> > wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 11:48:06 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 10:54:41 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>> ...
>>>> What is 'almost' 1/2" plywood, do you mean some specialty thickness
>>>> like 7/16"?
>>> Half-inch plywood is 15/32".
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> And that's almost 1/2 inch! 16/32" = 1/2 inch!
>>
>> John Kuthe
>
> FAKE WOOD! All plywood is fake wood... plywood is only a **** hair
> closer to lumber than partical board. I never bought any plywood, I
> never will. I just went looking with a micrometer so I could measure
> and there's not one bit of plywood in this house. Every stick of
> lumber used to build this house was made from trees growing on this
> property, and all is full nominal size, a 2" X 4" stud measures a full
> 2" X 4"s... some used to build the barn is over sized and still has
> some bark on it. Years ago lumber here was milled from buttonwood,
> aka sycamore. All the sheathing is 3/4" tongue and groove nailed on a
> bias. one thing I must say about those square headed Norwegians is
> they are great carpenters. I'll bet yoose don't know that the
> Norwegians and Swedes invented the chainsaw.
> https://www.jonsered.com/us/
>

I bet yoose on the second case of crystal palace.