Is a sheet of MDF 4'x8' or 49" x 97"?

[dkmesa 10+ year member]

people cant do things for them selves?

Its a lot ****ing easier to walk to your computer than to go to Home Depot

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

im posting from home depot //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

i have yet to come across a sheet that isnt 48x96..... i dont know where you guys are getting 49x97 sheets.....

It depends on who milled the sheet.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

mine are always 49 x 97

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

HD sells them in 24x48 sheets which I buy because I get more "good" edges that way.

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

HD sells them in 24x48 sheets which I buy because I get more "good" edges that way.

Buy a better saw blade; I invested in the RIGID 90T titanium carbide finishing blade and now the factory milled edges just don't cut it for me anymore (no pun intended). At around $60 it costs more than many good circular saws but it's worth every dollar. Good clean precise edges which require minimal or no sanding or jointing and it cuts faster and smoother than many ripping blades.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

its 48x97 here. plywood is 49x97,iirc.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

49x97 here...i just measured the sheet sitting in my room...about to be turned into a 12 cu ft. box..well actually its 1 of the 2 sheets i need

 

[Vegas WRX 10+ year member]

i have yet to come across a sheet that isnt 48x96..... i dont know where you guys are getting 49x97 sheets.....

I have never seen anything but 49X97

its along the same lines as a 2x4 is not a 2x4. There is rouch cut lumber and finished lumber.

 

[kurtdirt1 10+ year member]

mine are always 49 x 97

Same here...Just built a box the other day...49X97 but go figure...2X4's are smaller not bigger! lol...

Kurt

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

49*97

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

the 2foot by 4 foot pieces cost $8 a piece here. thats like $12 more for a full sheet if you buy it in the quarter pieces

 

[HelloImBob 10+ year member]

HD sells them in 24x48 sheets which I buy because I get more "good" edges that way.

I wish my HD sold them in sheets that size, it would make it alot easier and less expensive if I just needed 1/4 of a sheet like I did 2 days ago

not only that, the factory edges are easier for me atm cuz Im free hand cutting on 2x4s over cement...lol

needless to say, I mess up here and there on my pieces

 

[jjones5000 10+ year member]

I work at home depot in the lumber dept. and the pieces we sell here are 48*97. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

We also sell the handy panels (smaller pieces) but nobody really buys them. Man it's nice to be a lumber associate and be able to use the panel saw whenever I please and for whatever I please. And order myself some 1" MDF since it's hard to come by around here. Home Depot associates UNITE!!

 

[meistah 10+ year member]

49x97 here (windsor plywood)...we also sell 24x48, 48x48, or 24x96 cuttings of them, smaller sheets like that are more expensive because they are sold by the square foot instead of just a fixed price for the sheet. I THINK they are made oversize like that because most ppl who buy mdf do lots of cuts on it and more industrial size saw blades have an 1/8th" kerf as opposed to a 1/16th" kerf, and the extra inch allows for more round numbers in your cuts...