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Does Home Depot Do CUstom Wood cuts
Mark70:
Home depot in Ontario Canada will do 3 straight cuts with a panel saw or radial arm saw. More than 3 cuts will cost you. Straight cuts only, and like others said above, I just have them break the panels down so I can get them in my vehicle. I make sure that the cut I tell them to make is at least 1" off of the actual cut I'm going to make. It helps if you draw a little layout of a 4'-0" x 8"-0" sheet, or whatever you're getting cut and mark the home depot cut line on it and draw down some dimensions to locate it. Hand the drawing to the saw operator.
Incidentally, they are supposed to have only the employees who have taken a safety course operate the saws. On a Saturday, you could wait an hour or more just for cuts. Seems that at our home depot the saw guy is also the fork truck guy, so when he's taking stock down off the racks with the fork truck, nobody is getting material cut.
gw71mgb:
Rotozips, and routers to some extent, have a mind of their own when doing freehand cuts. Routers are good for cutting arches and the like if you have a hard template to use as an edge guide.
I have found the easiest way to cut arches in 3/4" thick stock is to use a good jigsaw (one with orbital action), rough cut to just ouside the line, and then use a portable belt sander to take the arch down to the line. I've done a lot of them this way, and you couldn't tell they were done on a CNC machine (well, almost.)
-gary
missioncontrol:
straight cuts only
that is if you mean jagged = straight
RickDIII:
I'll try to explain this as best I can without having an actual picture to post.
SithMaster:
pointdablame try the homedepot near elizabeth. and everything has only 3 cent sales tax.
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