where do you guys get your mdf?

[ryanc 10+ year member]

home depot - prices may vary though. In Indiana it was about $16 somethin and in Wisconsin here it's about $20 for a 4x8' sheet of it. They usually carry 3/4" or 1/2", and sometimes 5/8".

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

ok, so about 50 or 63 cents a square foot. Is 4x8 the smallest you can get? cause I would really want 2 1'x1' @ 1/2" and 2 1'x1' @ 3/4". I realize I could just get like 2'x1', but I have nothing that'll cut it.

 

[Pete 10+ year member]

for a 1x1 piece just go to a local car audio shop where they build boxes ... I give pieces that small to people for free because its mostly just scrap for us.

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

so after going to 2 different home depots, neither have MDF. went to a third and 4'x8' was the smallest they would let go of. So I'd have to buy 32ftsq of 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch when all I want is 2ftsq of 3/4 and 1/2 inch. Even though it was $16/$20 for .5/.75, I really don't have room for 60ftsq of wood just to be sitting around in an apartment with 5 people (let alone the equipment I've bought for CA).

Pete, the only shop I know of...well niether of us have reputations with one another so that one's out the question. I suppose I could go to other ones, but to me it just seems odd going to a shop and asking for wood...

If that don't work, I guess I'll just have to take apart something that's made of wood that I don't think I need //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

I sometimes get 3/4" MDF precut from Home Depot as shelving material. It usually has one edge rounded. More expensve than sheet, but much easier to carry in the car and handle on the tablesaw.

Here's some info on MDF:

http://www.lungster.com/l/speakers/mdffaq/mdf.html

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

ok, 4 shops and only 1 makes boxes. And they aren't willing to sell me what I want at a considerable price ($10 for 1 1'x1' 3/4" board...please!)

so I'm just gonna buy the 4x8 sheet this weekend. oh my parents are gonna kill me!!!!

 

[Trixter 10+ year member]

Between now and the end of the week I plan on making 1, maybe 2, boxes. If you want I can hook you up with some peices. I can cut them for you. I only use 3/4" though. Let me know if your interested. Shipping shouldn't be that much since I'm just across the state line.

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

so I call home depot and they say the only size you can get is 4x8. so I go there ready to buy a bigass sheet of wood, and what do I see? 2x4 MDF. They don't even know what they have...I got 1/2inch thick for $5 and some change. When the 4x8 costed $16 and is 4 times as much wood as 2x4, that should mean that the 2x4 is one fourth the price...$4. So I'm not really losin that much...

And now that I got my drill, saw, grinder, and mini rotary tool, I think I'm set...However, the drill runs off AC and I'm out on the street...doubt there's any outlets around...would I be fine hookin up my DC->AC adapter in the car and pluggin into that? Probably'll have to have the car runnin.

 

[solo what? 10+ year member]

wow i must be lucky i live in a small town (10k max) and both the lumber yards here carry mdf

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Move down here! j/k NEVER DO THAT!

At the Home Depot here, sheets are 2x4 $6.50, 4x8 $11.68.

1st cut is free, each additional is $0.25.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Trixter 10+ year member]

Move down here! j/k NEVER DO THAT!
At the Home Depot here, sheets are 2x4 $6.50, 4x8 $11.68.

1st cut is free, each additional is $0.25.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Holy cheap!! The price's here are almost exactly doubled.

 

[BIG_SUPERMAN72 10+ year member]

omg at Menards its 18$. Dunno bout home depot, lowes, n other places. Menards owns ur nards.

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

menard's still around?

"...save big money at menaaards".

ah yes. menards.