Home Depot will cut your board?

[BayAreaBass 10+ year member]

only have home deopt cut your wood if you plan on making a triangle box.

The one time I had them cut my wood the cuts were so un-square that i made an excuse to go out to my car then never came back

 

[pitbull12888]

haha ... just go buy a battery operated circular saw to make the cuts.. its alot easier to handle then a plug in one when a being a noob at cutting wood...

 

[grassroots 10+ year member]

for the 4 years i've lived here in georgia, the home depot saw has always been out of order...

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

I have had about 4 boxes cut their, just tell the nice gentlemen that if they arent good cuts you dont pay, and if they are not just leave.

 

[stayTUNED 10+ year member]

home depot cust. service here is the worst. I waited for what felt like an hour for someone to help me. When I finally got help I made sure to watch when he punched in the pin number that powers the saw. Been there many times since and noone questions me when Im cutting //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

they have a nice saw but I just use it to cut 4'*8' sheets to fit in the ride.

get a circular saw and 2 c clamps and use a scrap piece of mdf with a straight egde as a guide, cant get any straighter than that.

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

Im pretty sure the pin is the zip code?

 

[NightHawkFG 10+ year member]

it wont be precise the they dont acount for thwe width of the blade and various other things. bascilly they just ball park the measurment and cut.

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

got a few boards cut at HD and lowes and they turned out pretty good. hell of alot faster/easier too.

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

yup, it isn't very accurate, best do it yourself.

 

[CRXican 10+ year member]

it would have been funnier if the thread title was

"Home Depot will cut your wood?"

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

the guy at my home depot is very good at cutting mdf. his name is gary //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

The past 2 times I've gotten my 3/4" MDF from there I've had them cut it into the dimensions I needed. The last box had about 10 cuts-slot ports ftl. Still, I took the pieces home, set it up like I would build it and everything lined up pretty well. Didn't have any troubles with cut precisions. Just screwed and glued and was good to go. Some spots could've used one screw and it would've probably still been air tight. My advice, don't be in a rush. I've told the guys both times that I was in no hurry and they would attend to other customers while I walked around and waited. 30 minutes later, free cuts. They both said no charge. Patience FTW!

 

[NightHawkFG 10+ year member]

The past 2 times I've gotten my 3/4" MDF from there I've had them cut it into the dimensions I needed. The last box had about 10 cuts-slot ports ftl. Still, I took the pieces home, set it up like I would build it and everything lined up pretty well. Didn't have any troubles with cut precisions. Just screwed and glued and was good to go. Some spots could've used one screw and it would've probably still been air tight. My advice, don't be in a rush. I've told the guys both times that I was in no hurry and they would attend to other customers while I walked around and waited. 30 minutes later, free cuts. They both said no charge. Patience FTW!

hmm intresting and i assume it was an older guy cutting the wood. I had a high school kid doing my cuts(I should of known better).

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

My dad's a wood craftsman hobbiest who does jobs on the side. If I cant find what I need to cut something in my dads shed, they dont make it or its just broken atm.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

ive had them cut all of the dimensions for a box a few times, the pieces come out straight but not all the right lengths. so now i just get a sheet and get it cut into 1/4 sheets to fit in my car, instead of paying an extra $10 for the pre cut 1/4 sheets. o and ive tried to tip the workers before and they said they wont take my money