Builders merchant/DIY store that will cut wood to size?

The Hemulen

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Feb 14, 2012, 7:12:05 AM2/14/12

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I need to buy a sheet of 12mm plywood and get it cleanly cut into shelf
sized lengths. I seem to remember one of the big DIY places has one of
those vertical circular saw cutters and will do a certain amount of cuts of
wood sheets for free (3 or 4?) and then a small-ish charge for cuts after
that.

Anybody know where that place is/was or other recommendations for places
that supply and cut to size plywood.

Many thanks

The Natural Philosopher

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Feb 14, 2012, 7:16:45 AM2/14/12

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worth phoning ridgeons for sure.

I wouldn't make 12mm ply into shelves on its own though..its not very
rigid.

> Many thanks
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Al, Cambridge, UK

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Feb 14, 2012, 7:43:10 AM2/14/12

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On Feb 14, 12:12 pm, "The Hemulen" <thehemu...@moomin-valley.fi>
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Homebase on Newmarket Road have the machine.

charliejuggler

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Feb 14, 2012, 7:54:10 AM2/14/12

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Ridgeons do this and have the best range of thicknesses. 12mm ply will
bend though unless your brackets are quite close together, consider 18mm
instead. Don't go to B&Q as although they have a cutter nobody comes to
operate it, you may expire while waiting :-)

C

zulu

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Feb 14, 2012, 10:00:18 AM2/14/12

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"The Hemulen" <thehe...@moomin-valley.fi> wrote in message
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Why bother... use Contiboard (laminated chipboard).

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The Hemulen

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Feb 14, 2012, 10:46:57 AM2/14/12

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"charliejuggler" <cha...@juggler.net.nospamthanks> wrote in message
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Thanks for all the responses. Much appreciated. I'll up the thickness to
18mm as recommended.

I don't want to use contiboard as I need a specific depth to make custom fit
shelves in a utility room. There's a boxed in downpipe at one end and want
the shelves to be exactly same front/back depth. Also I want to sand, prime
and paint them with the same emulsion as the wall to blend in.

The Natural Philosopher

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Feb 14, 2012, 10:49:59 AM2/14/12

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Consider using MDF then.

Its a lot cheaper.

charliejuggler

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Feb 14, 2012, 11:19:47 AM2/14/12

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Agreed re MDF. It'll happily take emulsion paint if you prime with
watered down PVA - but plywood will probably need a solvent-based primer
(expensive). Probably worth a mask if you're cutting the MDF as well as
the dust isn't nice. I've made shelves from MDF in the past for an
alcove, facing them with a strip of softwood to make them look thicker
and mounting them on aluminium angle.

Cheers

Charlie

tony sayer

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Feb 14, 2012, 11:42:30 AM2/14/12

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In article <jhdj2i$m1a$1...@speranza.aioe.org>, The Hemulen
<thehe...@moomin-valley.fi> scribeth thus

Go to Ridgeons in Cromwell road they have a very good cutter there. Do
spec the exact board you need. Ply comes in a few varying grades and
sometimes MDF might be as good depends on what you want it for.

12 mm seems to me to be a bit thin. But they do a 18 mm and I think I've
seen 15 around. They also do that DIY contibaord as well, go and have a
look. If it were me I'd avoid the DIY sheds for this application and
material....
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RobertL

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Feb 15, 2012, 6:02:06 AM2/15/12

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On Feb 14, 4:42 pm, tony sayer <t...@bancom.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <jhdj2i$m1...@speranza.aioe.org>, The Hemulen
> <thehemu...@moomin-valley.fi> scribeth thus

>
> >I need to buy a sheet of 12mm plywood and get it cleanly cut into shelf
> >sized lengths. I seem to remember one of the big DIY places has one of
> >those vertical circular saw cutters and will do a certain amount of cuts of
> >wood sheets for free (3 or 4?) and then a small-ish charge for cuts after
> >that.
>
> >Anybody know where that place is/was or other recommendations for places
> >that supply and cut to size plywood.
>
> >Many thanks
>
> Go to Ridgeons in Cromwell road they have a very good cutter there. Do
> spec the exact board you need.

and work out carefully in advance how to get the pieces you want out
of the standard sheet with the minimum number of cuts and have the
most useful left-overs. You will be paying for the whole sheet plus
a price per cut (regardless of length fo cut).

Robert

Andrew May

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Feb 15, 2012, 6:28:32 AM2/15/12

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IIRC the first two cuts are free. Then 50p per cut.

tony sayer

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Feb 15, 2012, 6:27:52 AM2/15/12

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In article <fe23b984-5732-4f97...@dq9g2000vbb.googlegroup
s.com>, RobertL <rober...@yahoo.com> scribeth thus

ISTR that the first two are free.

The next aren't at all expensive...

>(regardless of length fo cut).
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>
>Robert
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Stuart Moore

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Feb 15, 2012, 8:52:43 AM2/15/12

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On Feb 14, 12:12 pm, "The Hemulen" <thehemu...@moomin-valley.fi>
wrote:

Rigeons and Travis Perkins are both worth a look, they can differ a
surprising amount when purchasing the same stuff.

I've never found a great guide to the different ply grades - I'm
guessing you'll want something fairly high grade, but for other
projects it's possible to get them with e.g. one good face.