Postby Joe » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:45 am
Are you building tall boards (ie, framed with 2x4, etc)? Or just building your rink with ripped plywood?
I built my first rink with the cheapest 7/16's OSB and it lasted 3 years (and I left it up one entire offseason in the rain and elements, so that didn't help). 1/2" ply should be fine for at least that many years. Just know that with any wooden rink, you may need to replace pieces here and there as the years go by. But if you can put a puck through 1/2" ply, take a video and send to some scouts :)
UPDATED: Sorry, just to be clear...I don't recommend 7/16th's OSB unless that's the only thing you can afford. Go as thick as you can hack financially. I was just young and cheap and made do. But you end up replacing it all in short order the cheaper and thinner you go.
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Joe on Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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