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Brad Allen
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 688
From: Evansville, IN, USA
Registered: May 2000

posted 05-06-2004 01:53 PM

Thanks for everyones feedback. We completed this last week.
Used 3/4" plywood, fastened with 8 sheet metal screws into the steel studs, with liquid nails on the back of the plywood as good measure. Worked out well. I wasn't brave enough to do Marks deadweight hang test from them. [Wink]

But, it ended up a very solid install.
I have a picture if anyones interested.
By the way, when the hell did plywood become gold plated. I about crapped at the price. $40.00 per 4x8 sheet! BC grade. Yikes!

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John Pytlak
Film God

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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 05-06-2004 03:33 PM

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By the way, when the hell did plywood become gold plated. I about crapped at the price. $40.00 per 4x8 sheet! BC grade. Yikes!

Lots of building materials are being diverted by the Bush Administration for construction in Iraq and Afghanistan, causing shortages in the United States and inflationary price increases:

http://www.rsimag.com/rsi/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=77923

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Random Lengths, an Oregon-based trade publication that serves the lumber industry, reported that the Defense Supply Center, the government's purchaser, shipped nearly 800,000 sheets of plywood in August for delivery to Iraq, along with 320 truckloads of 2 by 4, 2 by 6 and 4 by 4 foot boards to support Middle East operations.

According to Dan Usedom, manager of Roselle Building Materials in Roselle, IL, "Plywood costs have more than doubled in the past three to six months. Lumberyards can't keep these materials in stock for more than a day or two."

http://www.eqarat.com/english/newsletter/79/1.htm

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Other factors behind the price surge include a strong Euro and heavy demand for building materials in Iraq and China - both undergoing a construction boom - short supply of logs from flood-hit Indonesia have been factors behind the price surge, they pointed out.

http://www.ebuild.com/guide/resources/product-news.asp?ID=50154&catCode=12

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A perfect storm of economic and geopolitical factors has taken. OSB (Oriented Strand Board) and plywood prices to new heights, moving these building products to price levels that builders and architects never dreamed possible, even in their worse nightmares. And relief still is not in sight... the federal government's insatiable need for wood products as it rebuilds Iraq.

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Brad Allen
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Evansville, IN, USA
Registered: May 2000

posted 05-06-2004 03:45 PM

Oh yeah, we do have a war going on don't we. [Eek!]

On top of that, the quality of the plywood was crap.

First warped plywood I've ever purchased.

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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 05-06-2004 03:50 PM

It's hit my pocketbook in many ways too! [Frown]

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Richard Fowler
Film God

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From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Registered: Jun 2001

posted 05-06-2004 04:26 PM

My late father during the Vietnam War was gone for months at a time supervising shipments ( mostly lumber )of construction materials to the country. The shipments where factored that 25% of the materials would be stolen before arriving to the final destination. Food and shelter where commodities he would handle, never munitions which was against his principles. My recent purchases of plywood and the poor grade has been very noticable....at least you are trying to give a good show for your community. [thumbsup]

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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-06-2004 09:56 PM

Just for safety purposes, one would be silly not to "safety chain" the speakers just in case the mounting bracket lets loose. I have heard of some instances where the ball snapped off on some style mounts.

I think that company did, indeed, issue a safety flyer on their product which highly recommended the use of a safety chain or cable.

Edited for clarity

[ 05-06-2004, 11:13 PM: Message edited by: Paul G. Thompson ]

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Adam Fraser
Master Film Handler

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From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 05-06-2004 10:57 PM

We use 2 safety chains on ours, one fairly tight and one loose in case the tight one fails. Screw a bracket into the cabinet and chain it to a hook screwed into the plywood.

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Gordon McLeod
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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-07-2004 12:44 PM

There is a shortage of plywood in the US well there is lots here but it is subject to a import tarif into the US

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John T. Hendrickson, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Freehold, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-07-2004 07:24 PM

Good point about the safety chains, Paul. When we did our renovation/addition, they were required by the building inspectors.

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