Where to buy MDF?
04-19-2008, 11:34 PM
#2
either will have it, and go with baltic birch. cheaper, and lighter, just as dense. and did i mention lighter? hella lighter. get some clamps while your at it and titebondII (I use gorilla), you can go without screwing, but i recommend screws regardless. Good luck.
04-20-2008, 09:26 AM
#5
Also you can purchase HDF = High Density Fiberboard. Why? I don't know what you would need that for, but it is available.
cheers.
04-20-2008, 10:34 AM
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HD/Lowes has MDF in various sizes. Birch as well but most if not all have the Birch veneer and not true through and through Birch. For that you would have to visit a local lumber yard or a custom cabinet center.
04-20-2008, 11:13 AM
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If it is lighter (for the same thickness) than MDF then it only has a regular particle board (coarse grained) core. This is the same stuff that cheap cabinets are made from. If you are going to cover it with carpet, you really don't need a fiinish grade veneer on it. Why not just use regular particle board? It is the same stuff minus the veneer and is cheaper. Although the veneer does help to hold the particle board together because the edges tend to crumble pretty easily.
I prefer working with MDF as it will take a profile bit (router) and maintain a clean edge which regular particle board (veneered or not) will not.
04-20-2008, 11:31 AM
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I presume the birch veneered material material you are referring to is a particle core and not a plywood core.
If it is lighter (for the same thickness) than MDF then it only has a regular particle board (coarse grained) core. This is the same stuff that cheap cabinets are made from. If you are going to cover it with carpet, you really don't need a fiinish grade veneer on it. Why not just use regular particle board? It is the same stuff minus the veneer and is cheaper. Although the veneer does help to hold the particle board together because the edges tend to crumble pretty easily.
I prefer working with MDF as it will take a profile bit (router) and maintain a clean edge which regular particle board (veneered or not) will not.
If it is lighter (for the same thickness) than MDF then it only has a regular particle board (coarse grained) core. This is the same stuff that cheap cabinets are made from. If you are going to cover it with carpet, you really don't need a fiinish grade veneer on it. Why not just use regular particle board? It is the same stuff minus the veneer and is cheaper. Although the veneer does help to hold the particle board together because the edges tend to crumble pretty easily.
I prefer working with MDF as it will take a profile bit (router) and maintain a clean edge which regular particle board (veneered or not) will not.
04-20-2008, 12:15 PM
#12
I do plan on carpeting. Which I also need to know where to buy. Don what kind of board is that pic? Looks great. That the birch? how thick?
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04-20-2008, 05:40 PM
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04-20-2008, 06:55 PM
#16
Thank you. I know what MDF stood for..I was explaining that there was a SIGN in the aisle to help others who DIDN'T know what MDF stood for.
04-20-2008, 09:24 PM
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04-21-2008, 08:00 PM
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04-21-2008, 08:52 PM
#19
DO NOT USE IT FOR SUB BOXES! Most of it is not void free and therefore inconsistent...
Gotta pay to play, real 13ply birch in 5 x 5 panels runs from 40-100 bucks a sheet depending on your location...
04-21-2008, 08:57 PM
#20
Like mentioned above....the birch found at HD/Lowes is not real birch...
DO NOT USE IT FOR SUB BOXES! Most of it is not void free and therefore inconsistent...
Gotta pay to play, real 13ply birch in 5 x 5 panels runs from 40-100 bucks a sheet depending on your location...
DO NOT USE IT FOR SUB BOXES! Most of it is not void free and therefore inconsistent...
Gotta pay to play, real 13ply birch in 5 x 5 panels runs from 40-100 bucks a sheet depending on your location...
04-21-2008, 09:05 PM
#21
pretty sure the birch they sell at the HD/Lowes in town are real birch. 
last sheet i bought was 9 ply iirc, and was 45 bucks. it was void free as well. so i guess it really depends on your location.
last sheet i bought was 9 ply iirc, and was 45 bucks. it was void free as well. so i guess it really depends on your location.
04-21-2008, 11:27 PM
#22
Cheapest I have seen true 13 ply baltic birch was at lumber yards for 70+ a sheet...
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