MDF shop

[johnrtd]

Does anybody know of a shop in California, preferably near LA, where I could order MDF neatly cut to the measurements and at various thicknesses I specify?
I'm Dutch and in Holland one could order MDF at a lot of places where the cutting is very precise with a tolerance of 0,1 mm.
It seems that those (CAD) cutting machines don't exist around here.

John

[John Sheerin]

CNC machines are everywhere, but the trouble is finding them from what I've seen. A lot of shops seem to have them for running production parts - set it up, write the code, and then make the same thing over and over, but they don't necessarily want to use it for everything, especially one off parts. But you still might try looking for a cabinet shop. They will probably have lots of mdf and might have a cnc router. Or if that doesn't work, try posting a request for quote here:
http://rfqwork.com/forumdisplay-s_6c...9d9f-f_57.html

or here:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=74

[johnrtd]

CNC is not needed. Only a good sawing system in some shop where they provide things for diy amateurs.

John

[John Sheerin]

I have never seen a shop for diy people where they let you use tools in the US. That's not saying there aren't any, but this is the land of law suits and that's a law suit just waiting to happen when someone cuts their finger off. You can usually get MDF cut at one of the retail stores like Home Depot, but the tolerance is probably more like 1/16" (1.6mm).

If you want to hold 0.1mm (0.004"), that is pretty precise. Not saying someone with skill can't do it with a good saw, but when you said that plus cad, I assumed you meant a cnc machine.

[badman]

.1 mm is CNC territory. And .1 mm is not MDF tolerance- it's not dimensionally stable, and will expand and contract more than .1mm in a given day.