Rant: Why, Home Depot, Why?!

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So I figured I’d do a little project, I need 500mm panels for. Home depot says they wont guarantee better than 1/8" accuracy for their cuts, so I figured I’d ask for 20" (508mm) which should allow plenty of leeway, so I can cut the 500mm on the CNC, and still bring home the panels in the car.

And they’re 20" – provided you measure at the correct place.

I checked at the panel saw when the sheet was put on. No debris or scraps under it, the panel was jn good contact with the rollers at the bottom… when I got home, stacked the panels against the wall, and noted that they didn’t align like I thought they should… each panel is at a different angle!

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This one is nearly square, it’s only about 4mm out by the opposite side.
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This one is nowhere even close. More than 15mm out at the other side of the 4’ run.

As far as I can tell, no 2 crosscuts are actually parallel. I had it cut to 5 pieces, and all 5 have a discrepancy measured at the top and bottom. The only 4 square corners are the panel’s original corners. A couple of pieces have opposite slants off square on each side.

I can still use this, and I will, but next time, I’ll spend the $10 extra to get cut panels from a different shop. I might need to change my width dimension from 500mm to 490, though.

This is the second time I’ve had off-square cuts from Home Despot. My LR3 table wings are off square, too.

I can only surmise because the cuts aren’t parallel that the rollers on the bottom are somehow loose and able to move. The sheet seemed to stay in contact with the rollers as it was being cut, but the results speak for themselves. Oh and the saw blade seems dull, lots of chipping on the melamine…

Good thing I didn’t need square corners for a table saw!

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Wow… Hornbach does “millimetergenauer Zuschnitt” (they guarantee it’s to the mm) and they really do.

I’d not accept this wood there. They told you they can’t guarantee the size, next time, ask if they can guarantee squareness. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I was just back there today.

Short answer, once it’s through checkout, they guarantee nothing.

If I’d checked before I left, they would have cut another, and put this in the bargain bin.

Well, I can use it, but not for what I initially wanted it for. I need square corners for that, so a redesign was necessary.

This was to be used for a bartop arcade with Capcom style controls, after ripping it to the exact 500mm, and cut most of the angles on the table saw, but that needs square corners or else the panels will remain off square, and nothing will fit.

Instead, I have a design that is entirely for CNC cutting featuring the GRS / Thunderstick flight yoke. It’s narrower, not needing 2 player access, so only a bit wider than the intended monitor. Being narrower, the off square cuts will matter less.

But that will be delayed, I have another project with a deadline for next week.

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