4x 8 mdf or 8x 4 mdf ?

[RedSquirrel]

I went to order 3 sheets of mdf today, but wasnt sure whether its actuallly 4x8 or 8x4. Any advice?

[Snarbald]

Doesn't mdf come in 9' sheets?
Anyway, I think they'll get the point even if you flip-flop the dimensions for this.

[Silverwind]

I went to order 3 sheets of mdf today, but wasnt sure whether its actuallly 4x8 or 8x4. Any advice?

4x8 and 8x4 sound like the same thing to me  Just rotated 90 degrees hehe..

[TalkingOctopus]

4 x 8 = 32 sq ft
8 x 4 = 32 sq ft

They are the same!

Normally they are a bit larger than the actual dimensions.  I think my sheets were 4' 1" x 8' 3".

[SirPoonga]

yeah, my MDF sheets were 49"x97"

Anyway, what a silly questions.  What made you think of this querstion?

[night]

you better have a good excues for this one.
like your drunk or something
and if you are. it is actually 4'x8'. your gonna have to find a truck with an 8' wide bed only 4' long

[SirPeale]

"Two blondes are making a house.  One on one side, and one on the other.

One blond keeps taking nails out of the box, looking at it, and throwing it away.  'What are you doing?' exclaimed the other blond.  

'These nails are backwards!  I think they mixed up a bag of nails wrong.'

The other blond sighs, and shakes her head.  'You're the reason why us blonds have a bad name.  Those are for my side of the house!'"

[CitznFish]

I went to order 3 sheets of mdf today, but wasnt sure whether its actuallly 4x8 or 8x4. Any advice?

LOL! Roped the suckers in didn't ya!

[Wienerdog]

That is the question of the year.

Is there someone that can build the cabinet for you?  I'm not going to be able to sleep if I think of you using power tools.

I'm just teasing you, but seriously, make sure you have the buttons turned so that the front of the button is closest to you.

[hooded_paladin]

watch out for those seedy plastics shops, too; sometimes the plexi they sell you is inside-out.

[spidermonkey]

Boy Red, you better stick to gathering nuts for the long winter ahead. Long meaning the amount of time not feet and inches.  Ah don't worry about it. The guys will forget about that post before you know it. Err-a... Maybe.

[RedSquirrel]

I am so sorry, i was really really drunk when i posted this question.. i cant believe it urgh.. sorry  

[PacManFan]

That reminds me of when I gave a bag of M&M's to my son and told him that He could have all the M's, but I get all the W's.
-PMF

[Wienerdog]

I went to order 3 sheets of mdf today, but wasnt sure whether its actuallly 4x8 or 8x4. Any advice?

Just ask for a 32, they'll know what you're talking about.  

[SirPoonga]

I am so sorry, i was really really drunk when i posted this question.. i cant believe it urgh.. sorry  

SUUUUUUURE

[Kane]

I know that 8.5" x 11" paper is different then 11" x 8.5" You would think they are exactly the same if you looked at them but the difference is the grain of the paper goes the length of the first number so there is a diiference.....I don't think wood is the same way though

[SirPoonga]

Well maybe for something other than MDF.  MDF doesn;t have grain.

[Malachai]

"Two blondes are making a house.  One on one side, and one on the other.

One blond keeps taking nails out of the box, looking at it, and throwing it away.  'What are you doing?' exclaimed the other blond.  

'These nails are backwards!  I think they mixed up a bag of nails wrong.'

The other blond sighs, and shakes her head.  'You're the reason why us blonds have a bad name.  Those are for my side of the house!'"

He, he, he...  That's pretty funny!  

[saint]

According to Lowes (http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=howTo&p=Build/GdPlWd&topic=howToLibrary):

Sheets and/or layers of veneer are typically oriented with their grain at 90 degrees to each other and arranged in an odd number of plies or layers, resulting in a structural panel that has its greatest strength axis in the direction parallel to the face grain (typically the 8' direction). Cross orienting of the veneers also produces a panel with excellent dimensional stability by restraining movement across the grain.

Now, they are referring to plywood here.  MDF is just sawdust and glue so it does not apply there.

--- saint

I know that 8.5" x 11" paper is different then 11" x 8.5" You would think they are exactly the same if you looked at them but the difference is the grain of the paper goes the length of the first number so there is a diiference.....I don't think wood is the same way though

[atomaka]

Give the guy a break.  Some people just don't know these things.  I garuntee that there is stuff that you guys could say on other topics to make people criticize you the way that you have to him.