When you hear "Solid wood", how do you interpret that?
When you hear "Solid wood", how do you interpret that?
Do you include things like particle board, MDF, plywood etc? Is there a line? And if so, what is it for you?
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I think someone is making an inappropriate joke
Someone else may be, but I was/am genuinely curious as to what others thought. I have a pretty "purist" view myself and wanted to see if I was in the minority or not.
I get the idea, but that was an honest answer. I usually refer to specific materials when working on a project, not a term to group a bunch of them. Either way works tho.
But if you would like to know my preference, the name of the tree translates to "european spruce" according to wikipedia. It's because it's readily available here, and usable inside and outside without a lot of extra treatment
Yeah, when I build stuff, I always just say the timber it's made out of, but I was talking with someone about an old dresser. They mentioned it was "solid wood", but the case was made out of an old press board. Which led to this question. I wanted to make sure I wasn't confused.
Sounds like the person you were talking to may have been the confused one. (In all fairness, if they have no great interest in wood, woodworking, or furniture, they don't really need to know that engineered sheet goods don't count as solid wood.)
Ahh, context! Then I would probably think of oak, just because that's what the few old dressers I've seen are made of. Although I would want to double check