did you know?

[GohillaAudio]

did you guys know that lowes will cut your sheets to size for you for FREE?

pretty precise cuts, using one of those wall saw dilly-ma-jiggers

but yea, pretty cool, i have to say that this is the first time i have ever hauled home 2 4X8 sheets of mdf.......in my grand am......ftw!

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[tyler_fitz 10+ year member]

they're supposed to charge $0.25 per cut after two cuts. and the cuts are only as accurate as the person using the saw. also, depending on the saw they can't cut anything less than 16" because of the potential kickback.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

i ve hurd sooo many horror stories of poeple haveing lowe's cut there shit and it be WAAAY off.. haha

have fun with that...

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

lowes, homedepot i agree with seth they are horrible

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

yeah i dont let them cut my shit. i'd rather cut it with an exacto knife.

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

they're supposed to charge $0.25 per cut after two cuts. and the cuts are only as accurate as the person using the saw. also, depending on the saw they can't cut anything less than 16" because of the potential kickback.

I worked there for 6 months and I used to cut down under 1 inch. But then again, I knew what I was doing, other guys in my department were always grumpy and didnt care what they were doing. Hence the bad cuts.

And the saw can't do angles

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Yes, we knew.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

yes we know and yes they **** at it.

I had one person at lowes who would take the time and do it right, if he didnt work id rather cut it with a spoon with a sharpened edge. It'd probably be closer.

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

Our saw'a measurement markers were off about half an inch. Most people didnt care to compensate for this.

 

[GohillaAudio]

hmmm....i just assembled my box.....only one out of 6 boards was off......by 1/8 of an inch, guess it depends on who is doing it for you, the guy who was cutting mine thought it was really cool that it was going to be a HUGE box for a trunk car loaded with 6 12"s