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  1. 21st July 2006, 02:59 PM #1
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    Exclamation What is O.B. meant - please ?

    :mad: I have been buying timber from Bunnings and the term OB refering to freshly cut timber (=F7 Strength) is often used ( K.D. is used for hard wood = Kiln Dry Hard Wood F17 Strength) but no one seems to be able to tell me what the abbreviation O.B. are meant. Would any one knows the full words that make up the term O.B.? Please let me know I'll be very much appreciated - Thanks
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  3. 21st July 2006, 03:02 PM #2
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    Often Bowed?

    Probably not....
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    oversize builders grade

    meaning that its not dressed and planed, so it is oversize for the eventual 'finished' dimensions.
    used for structural work where it won't be seen.
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    Ordinary Building Hardwood
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    Out Board?
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  7. 21st July 2006, 03:34 PM #6
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    Thanks - I have been searching an answer for this everywhere. I think this is an answer - because the OB timber shrinks (dries) and If it is planed then they are sold as K.D. at bunnings - Thanks all
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    Echidna is spot on. "Ordinary Building" is it. Often abbreviated to OBHW whereas Kiln Dried hardwood is abbreviated to KDHW.
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    I heard once in Melbourne that KDOB meant Kiln Dried OrBost or maybe that should be Kiln Dried Or Bust

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    Often Bowed?

    Probably not....
    But pretty accurate
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  12. 23rd July 2006, 01:18 PM #11
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    Default Meaning of O.B

    Liem

    The correct meaning of the term O.B is "off bench", meaning that the wood has just been milled and has come directly off the bench. Therefore the timber is green and has not been either dried or dressed.
    I hope this helps.

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