I'm framing the face of a door and am looking to have the top board have a
My Sides are 3/4" MDF and I'm looking for something about an inch. I cant seem to find anything to use at the lumber yard. I was thinking of taking the sides down with a planer. Or taking 2x and ripping it down for the top..
Any Suggestions or comments would be helpful.
Thanks, Scott
The guys that built my place used 1/2" MDF for the sides and 3/4" for the top. They bought it from our local builders' supply yard already rounded-off with a 1/8" radius, and pre-primed. It looks great.
Tom Dacon
I found some DF thats the same Width of the MDF and is maybe a hair thicker then 1/16" over the MDF, though Its not exactly what I want. So I was going to take the 3/4" MDF and trim off maybe an 1/8" and see what it comes up as.
Though you are right I have to take my 1/8" curve router bit to the DF to give it the same shape as the MDF...
Thanks, Scott The guys that built my place used 1/2" MDF for the sides and 3/4" for the
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