Construction goods in Canada are still in feet & inches, with typical length being 8ft, and multiples of 12 or 16" for many things.
Needed some shelving of the 8' variety this morning. I was a bit worried that it was in 97" lengths or one inch more than the 8' things that I can usually squeeze into my Honda Fit.
I did indeed manage to do it and got them home! I really should've been thinking ahead and brought a cordless saw with me just in case they needed that 1" shrink. NB for next time.
More melamine cutting to ensue.
I'm reworking a small linen closet to more effectively use its space.
Curious about the stuff, as we find it all through our homes:
" #Melamine has a variety of industrial and domestic uses: it is used in paints and coatings in consumer and commercial products, in foam seating and bedding and it has applications as a plasticiser in concrete and in automobile brake tubes and hose. It is also included in thermally fused melamine paper and shelves, whiteboards and flakeboards, paints, sealants for mechanical, electrical and plumbing applications, and in inkjet ink."
It's classified in Europe as a carcinogen and a potential groundwater contaminant, though it appears testing in Germany and Netherlands didn't find it to be widespread, and concluded more monitoring should be done.
Good reasons to wear a dust mask while cutting the stuff, as if the wood dust and particle board risks weren't already a good enough reason.
On the positive side, it's shiny and bright for utilitarian furniture applications. Probably shouldn't lick my shelving.
@tsrams Yikes! And baby food too. Jeez hard to imagine in this century.
I recall plaster, chalk and alum being added to Victorian age bread to bulk it up and make it cheaper, with pretty terrible consequences. Just some of what maybe the future could hold again if broad elimination of food inspectors and regulators catches on from the US purge.
Ross of Ottawa
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