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04-20-2007, 07:58 PM
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Name: Marco Principio City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Where is a good source in the triangle area for melamine particle board or MDF? I am looking to make some new kitchen cabinets on the cheap, so I will be making the cases out of the particle board and the face frames, doors, etc out of hardwood. What does this stuff cost per sheet?
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04-20-2007, 08:04 PM
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Name: Fern HollowMan City: Franklinton State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bout $26 per sheet for melamine at the HD on Cap Blvd in Mini City and make sure you call it mel-a-meen or they'll think you're a bloody limey. Oh, and there's only one person in the store who knows where it is. However, I know where it is. It's at eye level in the sheet goods section, with no sign at all, and from the edge at eye level you can't tell what it is. The top is white, as is the bottom. That's a dead giveaway.
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04-20-2007, 09:50 PM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Horizon Forest Products carry both items.
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04-20-2007, 10:58 PM
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Name: Bruce City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Beware of the stuff at the BORGs. Go to either Horizon, or Raleigh Hardwood. They are located near each other on Poole Road. Carolyn at RHC will be a good person to talk to. | |
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04-21-2007, 12:43 AM
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Name: Rick Sina City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jim -
How thick are the sheets at HD - is it 3/4"? Do they also sell the 2'x4' sheets or just the 4X8?
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04-21-2007, 12:57 AM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Not Jim, but...the sheets are 3/4" thick. I haven't seen them in anything but 4 x 8 and shelf boards which are only 12" wide. You can also get the edge banding at HD to dress up the edges if desired. I find the Melamine a handy material to have around the shop. Glue doesn't stick well to it, so it is a great surface for a glue up table as well as out feed and side tables around the tablesaw. Also it can be used to help prevent snipe by making an auxiliary bed for a planer.
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself" 
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04-21-2007, 01:42 AM
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Name: Marco Principio City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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what does the stuff run at RHC? is the price roughly the same at both there and the BORG?
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04-21-2007, 08:32 AM
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Name: Fern HollowMan City: Franklinton State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Ralrick  Jim -
How thick are the sheets at HD - is it 3/4"? Do they also sell the 2'x4' sheets or just the 4X8? Just measured with the digital caliper yesterday when Gator took the shop tour and I was complaining about 3/4" BBRG birch that was 0.66".
The melamine I got from HD was 0.766"
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