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It doesn’t have to last, just look good for a commercial 🙂
The middle layer is 1/4″ MDF the rest is 3/4 MDF. Its a quick way to build a door that is going to be painted.
looks great
Sweet !
Very cool. Heavy?
I bet you made some dust making that.
rrmccabe wrote:
40 minutes ago, rrmccabe said:Very cool. Heavy?
I bet you made some dust making that.
Pretty heavy, it’s basically 2 sheets of 3/4 MDF 6’10 1/2 x 3’5 1/2 plus the 1/4 in sheet.
Huge pile of dust when routing the panels.
The cabinet I used has a nice vacuum but it didn’t do much.
Looks like a nice router table setup. I love working with MDF but for reasons you know better than probably anyone on here, I hate the stuff.
I guess you can tell where the router table was.
is it really cost effective to build an MDF door rather that buying a cheap builder grade door?
door looks good, when cutting MDF any time I can I use the band saw, it pulls most of the dust down instead of all over like a circular saw or table saw, far more duct control.
khariV raises a good question. (looks good by the way) Was there some reason a generic cheapo couldn’t be used? Seems like a lot of labor for a tosser.
Sometimes we do use pre hung door. But for what ever reason this door was to be 41 1/2 in wide. Not exactly an off the shelf item.
All all about what an art director envisions for the look. All good…
Guess what, plans changed 🙂
khariV wrote:
14 hours ago, khariV said:is it really cost effective to build an MDF door rather that buying a cheap builder grade door?
At around $30 for a 4×8 sheet of mdf it would be fairly cost effective I would think.
Jronman wrote:
9 minutes ago, Jronman said:At around $30 for a 4×8 sheet of mdf it would be fairly cost effective I would think.
I’m not sure of the cost of MDF but no way do we pay $30 a sheet. I buy 3/4 Birch Plywood from my shop for 24.00 a sheet, 3/4 CDX is about 15.00 a sheet. We buy in such bulk I doubt its more than 15.00 for a 4×8 x 3/4 sheet of MDF.
If all your clients change their mind after the fact, you must be swamped with work. Good on you. Second door looks great too by the way.
He has unique “clients” 🙂 In the end it might even be you.
SetBuilder wrote:
23 hours ago, SetBuilder said:
I’m not sure of the cost of MDF but no way do we pay $30 a sheet. I buy 3/4 Birch Plywood from my shop for 24.00 a sheet, 3/4 CDX is about 15.00 a sheet. We buy in such bulk I doubt its more than 15.00 for a 4×8 x 3/4 sheet of MDF.
hmm I was pretty sure what I paid for mdf at school was around $30. Maybe my school had higher grade mdf?
Jronman wrote:
6 minutes ago, Jronman said:hmm I was pretty sure what I paid for mdf at school was around $30. Maybe my school had higher grade mdf?
30.00 a sheet is the standard price at HD or Lowes my shop buys it by the truck load.
SetBuilder wrote:
Just now, SetBuilder said:
30.00 a sheet is the standard price at HD or Lowes my shop buys it by the truck load.
I would guess my school gets some kind of discount as well. Maybe they don’t get much discount on mdf. They use more top quality 3/4 oak ply than mdf.