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Troubles finding 5/8 MDF
ArtMAME:
--- Quote ---Lawrenceville Ga?
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That's right!!! ...way to represent!!! :D...
--- Quote ---I am in Lawrenceville as well though, right off McKendree Church Rd.! Good to see the locals here HAHA.
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OMG!!!...you are like right across the street from me...I am on Hearth Place off of L'vile/Swanee Rd...you live close to that BRUSTER'S ice cream place don't you?...
OMG!!! SHOUT OUT to all my BYOAC BRO'S in the Metro Atlanta area from Lawrenceville GA!!! :laugh:
MYX:
--- Quote from: Hiub1 on February 19, 2006, 09:25:27 pm ---You could always just buy some 1/2'' MDF and stick some sort of material that is 1/8'' thick. I don't know if you would be able to route your groove ok with that though. I am in Lawrenceville as well though, right off McKendree Church Rd.! Good to see the locals here HAHA.
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Yeah I was looing at that option yesterday. They have hard board which is the same stuff that they make peg board out of. It was 1/8 thick. I was thinking that I could put down a solid layer of elmers wood glue and press it. Then use this as the down facing side.
I have been to 3 different HDs and 3 or 4 Lowes with no luck. I will start call other stores tomorrow. Home sick today. :'(
BTW I'm in Snellville. Webb Gin off of Ronald Reagon area.
Hiub1:
That's great. MYX I play hockey at the SGAA right around there, I am around all the time. Art, yep right off that road. Good stuff, we should have a BYOAC party HAH!
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: MYX on February 19, 2006, 01:03:10 pm ---perhaps I wigg use 1/2 in and then smear on 1/8 worth of wood filler. Sand it to a fine finish. top it with a sticker, then plexi, then wrap it in suran wrap, then bubble wrap, and then duct tape (for your protection of course). ;)
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That's simply ridiculous. Anyone with half a brain knows you should use bondo instead of wood filler, and the bubble wrap is just overkill for what you're going to use it for. I've also gotten far better results using purple painters tape, but it's not commonly found at uncommon hardware stores ;)
--- Quote from: wrench on February 19, 2006, 09:02:52 am ---Before eveyone starts throwing darts about having or not having plexi,
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Settle down sparky, you're the only one who's brought up anyone "throwing darts" when nothing of the sort has been said that's even close to approaching "throwing darts". Go re-read the thread after a cup of coffee or something - make it decaf ;)
--- Quote from: divemaster127 on February 19, 2006, 09:31:11 pm ---i purchased mdf at lowes recently & im sure they had 5/8"
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Just because the sign on the front reads the same doesn't mean that materials inside are going to be the same, or even available. It's why you OFTEN see people saying "At the HD in my area (your area may be different) I found X material". I have 3 HD's within reasonable driving distance of my house. 1 carries NO forstner bits in its store but seemingly every size spade bit known to man, 1 carries all BUT the size required for button holes, all but the size needed in a spade bit, and a hole saw of the proper size, and the last 1 is the ONLY 1 that stocks that particular size forstner bit, albeit in a crappy brand only.
Don't assume all stores carry something because you were able to find it at the store you went to.
markrvp:
Drew:
I'm building a cabinet that calls for 6/8" thick material, but I'm having a hell of a time finding it. All I can find is 3/4" I even tried metric, but all they had was 19mm thick. I guess I'm screwed.
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