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Why is 5/8" MDF so rare?
Donkey_Kong:
--- Quote from: mountain on March 04, 2008, 03:31:34 pm ---Some Home Depot stores do carry it. I bought some MDF over the weekend that didn't have a barcode on it. When the guy did a search for MDF, 5/8" came up in their system.
Hell, 12-15 years ago, Home Depot didn't even stock MDF in most of their locations. Lowes only recently started stocking it.
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We didn't even have Home Depot 12- 15 years ago! :laugh2: We do now though :cheers:
We have Menards and Depot, both of which stock MDF in 1/2 and 3/4, 4x8. Then they have lots of 2'x4' panels in a bunch of thicknesses, my wife wants to try carving stuff in mdf...Will the dust kill her? Isn't it dangerous or something? Then I read somewhere that a certain type of mdf is made to carve (harmless dust) and that there is a dangerous type out there for breathing of the dust (contains formaldehyde?). Does anyone know anything about the two types of mdf? I can't find that article now...
Mattiekrome:
--- Quote from: somunny on March 04, 2008, 06:36:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: paulscade on March 04, 2008, 02:10:55 pm ---
I ended up ordering 5/8" MDF at a local lumber store (84 Lumber).... and I probably paid too much.
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What did you pay? It should run about $20 per 4x8 sheet.
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Lol, I did the exact same thing. 84 Lumber was the only place around me (Charlotte NC) that had 5/8" MDF. I ordered a sheet, it was $33.16... It was a lot compared to the 3/4" MDF @ the local Lowes ($24.00).
Extreme8:
--- Quote from: deadkenndys1105 on March 04, 2008, 06:33:24 pm ---... and within the year Im going to collage and getting my own apartment ... Yup im one of the young guys in the hobby. ^_^
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Which "collage" are you going to young'un?
(sorry, couldn't resist!)
solderguy1:
Someone posted about a month ago that if you have 3/4 with plexiglass, just grind down a 45 degree angle along the bottom side of the wood, do just enough so the T-molding fits. No one will be able to tell unless they bend down under your CP.
deadkenndys1105:
--- Quote from: Extreme8 on March 04, 2008, 11:19:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: deadkenndys1105 on March 04, 2008, 06:33:24 pm ---... and within the year Im going to collage and getting my own apartment ... Yup im one of the young guys in the hobby. ^_^
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Which "collage" are you going to young'un?
(sorry, couldn't resist!)
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Im going to DeVry in Tinley Park just out side of Chicago. Very small school and very selective. I know for damn sure I didn't get in because of my GPA but my computer knowledge.
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