'LGT' Construction Diary - Page 16

ShinOBIWAN · 2nd February 2007, 07:30 PM

Whilst I'd like to think I got some of the good stuff your talking about LaMa, it looks like this, at least on inspection, is the same as every other sheet of MDF I ever bought with the exception of the Mr MDF branding down the edge.

Maybe once I start cutting I find its better but I just think I paid over the odds on this one. Nevermind.

FullThrottleRic · 2nd February 2007, 10:29 PM

It's more expensive so it must sound better

Every piece of MDF I've encountered hsd been pretty much identical, the two reasons I get mine from B&Q are; it's only a few minutes away and they one of those nice big saws that takes up a whole wall to do bigger cuts.
I need one of those

Bob Barkto · 3rd February 2007, 12:14 AM

There can be subtle differences.. but if the sheets weigh the same they'll perform the same.
It's all about the density.

Quote:

Originally posted by ShinOBIWAN
Whilst I'd like to think I got some of the good stuff your talking about LaMa, it looks like this, at least on inspection, is the same as every other sheet of MDF I ever bought with the exception of the Mr MDF branding down the edge.

Maybe once I start cutting I find its better but I just think I paid over the odds on this one. Nevermind.

Tenson · 3rd February 2007, 01:02 AM

I paid £19 for a 18mm sheet today. But I do get some cutting for free so

Shin were you just charged for cutting or do you take them by the sheet?

I always need some ripping down the length and a few cross-cuts done to make it manageable. But then most of the time I have to carry it home lol! *mr. muscles*

ShinOBIWAN · 3rd February 2007, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tenson
I paid £19 for a 18mm sheet today. But I do get some cutting for free so

Shin were you just charged for cutting or do you take them by the sheet?

I always need some ripping down the length and a few cross-cuts done to make it manageable. But then most of the time I have to carry it home lol! *mr. muscles*

I had them cut the sheets into thirds so I could get them in the back of the car and also make them more manageable on the table saw. They charged me 75p + VAT for each cut and that's ontop of the £25. Maybe they don't like me down there or something?

I do know its got a reputation as an expensive alternative. I like the place because its got everything under one roof and is close by.

ShinOBIWAN · 3rd February 2007, 02:48 PM

Started cutting the MDF early this morning and just couldn't get anything to go right. My homemade fence for the table saw looks to have gotten damp over winter and has bowed/expanded significantly causing me all sorts of problems trying to get a decent and straight cut. In the end I gave up and have taken the remaining sheets back down to Lavers and had them cut to size by them using the plans I posted a page back in this thread. Doing that has probably saved me at least a weeks worth of cutting and now I can get stuck in to the interesting stuff straight away.

As you can see there's a fair amount of MDF:

I was moaning about £25 per sheet of MDF, well you don't want to know what all that lot cost to cut.

richie00boy · 3rd February 2007, 07:01 PM

That's a lot of wood. I bet your wallet hurts... I take it making a new fence is not a very quick nor easy job?

ShinOBIWAN · 3rd February 2007, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by richie00boy
That's a lot of wood. I bet your wallet hurts... I take it making a new fence is not a very quick nor easy job?

No your right its a PITA, the other took me a couple of attempts to get it spot on. I figured after all this that instead of making another good fence for a cheap and nasty Wickes homebrand special I'm just gonna save and get a decent table saw later this year. In the meantime I was in a hurry to get these cut to size so the easiest and quickest, if not the cheapest, option was to have it done by someone else.

ScottG · 3rd February 2007, 08:10 PM

..its been a while!

-don't think they have a metric version (table saw fence), but a link you might want to peruse:

http://www.incra.biz/assets/ProductList.html

ShinOBIWAN · 3rd February 2007, 09:50 PM

Call me a sad b*****d but that is some kit to truely aspire to.

http://www.incra.biz/Library/WebLSIntro.wmv

UK dealer here: http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psProdDet.cgi/TS-LS

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2nd February 2007, 07:30 PM	#151
ShinOBIWAN diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK	Whilst I'd like to think I got some of the good stuff your talking about LaMa, it looks like this, at least on inspection, is the same as every other sheet of MDF I ever bought with the exception of the Mr MDF branding down the edge. Maybe once I start cutting I find its better but I just think I paid over the odds on this one. Nevermind.

2nd February 2007, 10:29 PM	#152
FullThrottleRic diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Leeds, UK	It's more expensive so it must sound better Every piece of MDF I've encountered hsd been pretty much identical, the two reasons I get mine from B&Q are; it's only a few minutes away and they one of those nice big saws that takes up a whole wall to do bigger cuts. I need one of those

3rd February 2007, 01:02 AM	#154
Tenson diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent	I paid £19 for a 18mm sheet today. But I do get some cutting for free so Shin were you just charged for cutting or do you take them by the sheet? I always need some ripping down the length and a few cross-cuts done to make it manageable. But then most of the time I have to carry it home lol! mr. muscles

3rd February 2007, 02:48 PM	#156
ShinOBIWAN diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK	Started cutting the MDF early this morning and just couldn't get anything to go right. My homemade fence for the table saw looks to have gotten damp over winter and has bowed/expanded significantly causing me all sorts of problems trying to get a decent and straight cut. In the end I gave up and have taken the remaining sheets back down to Lavers and had them cut to size by them using the plans I posted a page back in this thread. Doing that has probably saved me at least a weeks worth of cutting and now I can get stuck in to the interesting stuff straight away. As you can see there's a fair amount of MDF: I was moaning about £25 per sheet of MDF, well you don't want to know what all that lot cost to cut.

3rd February 2007, 09:50 PM	#160
ShinOBIWAN diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK	Call me a sad b*****d but that is some kit to truely aspire to. http://www.incra.biz/Library/WebLSIntro.wmv UK dealer here: http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psProdDet.cgi/TS-LS

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