I hate how everything is cheap shit these daysJust glulam and finger jointed scraps stuck togetherCheap plantation timberMicroplastics in everythingChinese made shit everywhereThe fucking generations had all the good stuff like old growth timber and quality species if timberAlso fuck radiata pine especially.
Even the shit timber is expensive where I am
>>3000671this should be technically stronger than a solid wood, tho
>When a boomer says "I can't afford to heat my home", the zoomer hears a humble bragis the energy of this thread. Everything but planter timber is so expensive it's ridiculous. Beech table plate that isn't B/C? Hand over 1k. Oak? Lmao, fuck off. Nothing's cheap, everyone else is just way too expensive.
>>3000721Till a slight bitnl of moisture touches it and is twists and separates
the government has printed money for 60 years and half the gdp goes to boomer pensions/medical carewhat do you expectIt all has to come from somewhere
>>3000671I'm with you bro.But I must say, the timber in that pic isn't that bad, for pine that is. I've seen faster growth wood
It is what it is, anon. Consider that in the future dystopia we may be resented by the Gen Alphas and Betas for the relative comfort and luxury that we currently enjoy.
>>3000721The best laminations are when you bolt several boards between some steel plates... Prove me wrong.
>>3000874That is just rottable crushable I beam. The inner web isn't even the heavy part.
>>3000744In past times wood was expensive, so craftsmen came up with t]mw consooming ways to save material on their pieces. Now wood is all kiln dried, graded and people want 2" desks and wonder why its even more expensive lol
>>3000701Shit timber is especially expensive right now. It's cheaper to buy local hardwood than construction lumber now.
>>3000866Then I will have failed my sons. I am not going to fail my sons.
>>3000907where? dimensional is in the shitter on the left coast t. was just quoted $2778 for a unit of 189 2x6x20 kd premium
>>3000910Other side of the Atlantic.
>>3000884What past, before or after we got machines to handle every work intensive part? On a macro level wood always got cheaper since the industrialisation. Only now with corona and russia, it got all fucked up.
>>3000907Also this, rafters got some absolute jewish treatment.
>here is your timber beam, bro
got any more hot takes
>>3000940Yeah - you are a faggot.
>>3000880So as long as you keep it out of the weather so there is no moisture intrusion then what you're saying is you still haven't proven me wrong...
>>3000946The best laminate with steel < steel monolith.
>>3000671>Human population goes from 2 billion to 8 billion in one lifetime>Surprised that we're having to mass produce garbage to keep up with demand
>>3001000I want the population to drop below 3 billion in my life time.
>>3000721this is about as strong as a defect-free straight quarter sawn lumber, the main purpose of lamination is to eliminate various wood defects and have a consistent, predictable material in an economic manner. notice how the flat sawn boards are oriented so the grain goes perpendicular to the final board length.>>3000788by the time such a wood sandwich twists and separates an regular piece of wood would've split apart into little arched sticks. glue bonds breaking from the heat in case of fire and collapsing the whole structure is a bigger concern here.
>>3000671>everything is cheapsimple solution: Do not buy cheap things. The good things of old still exist, sometimes we have even nicer things now. It's just that the majority cares about price first and later complains after choosing the cheapest option.So no, not 'everything is nowadays'... just the cheap stuff. As has always been.
>>3000910that's like $1/bdft what are you complaining about?
>>3001361im on the mill side of the checkbook balance sheet so when the commodity price dumps my phone quits ringing
