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    Home Depot Rant

    So not alway having someone there to assist when cutting sheet goods, I like to have plywood cut on a panel saw if the opportunity exists because its safer.
    Well so I grab a 3/8" 4x8 plywood. I ask some random person in the tool department to cut this plywood. He seemed pretty clueless and ill trained regarding operation. First cut had a 1/16" taper. Second cut was rough like waves. Saw didn't seem like it was feeding nice, but rough. He repeatedly fed the plywood back into the blade for some reason which is unsafe. I gave up, grabbed another sheet of plywood. Only took me a minute to rip it by myself at home using a stand.

    Well someone is going to get hurt because the local HD failed to take this saw out of service to properly fix and align.
    Obviously needs a new blade.
    Last edited by Mike Wellner; 09-14-2010 at 1:16 AM.

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    I worked for home depot part time and they justcuts close you are just getting small enough to hall they most of time have a sign that sayes I 'm sure he thought the same about you cause i had those feelings to I is suppose cash & carry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Vincent View Post
    I worked for home depot part time and they justcuts close you are just getting small enough to hall they most of time have a sign that sayes I 'm sure he thought the same about you cause i had those feelings to I is suppose cash & carry
    Wrong idea. My post concerns safety. An accident waiting to happen.

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    I've had me thing happen. The blade seemed so dull, the cut was burning and he was really trying hard to pull the wood thru the cut.

    I hope you advised the guy of the safety issue or brought it up to the manager. You never know when you could be in one of those John Quinones "What Would You Do?" moments:

    If you see something wrong, help fix it.

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    Stupid hurts.

    Try to stay out of the blast zone.

    If you want to do the right thing than mention it to a store manager and call it good.

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    Why are you buying at a borg anyway? All I have ever seen in their plywood racks isn't worth using for anything anyway!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Vincent View Post
    I worked for home depot part time and they justcuts close you are just getting small enough to hall they most of time have a sign that sayes I 'm sure he thought the same about you cause i had those feelings to I is suppose cash & carry
    ^^ pretty much explains it for me ^^
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    Unfortunately, that experience sounds typical. Ply at my lumber yard is a few dollars more for twice the quality but, we are not all lucky enough to have a yard nearby.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Vincent View Post
    I worked for home depot part time and they justcuts close you are just getting small enough to hall they most of time have a sign that sayes I 'm sure he thought the same about you cause i had those feelings to I is suppose cash & carry

    Is this supposed to be sardonic?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zach England View Post
    Is this supposed to be sardonic?
    I was thinking more cynically disdainful than sardonic...











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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Hintz View Post
    I was thinking more cynically disdainful than sardonic...

    Miraculously inciteful as well.

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    I am no way defending HD lol butt I had the same thing happen at a high dollar lumber yard. I needed some Maple and Purple heart crosscut for length. The grown man using the saw could have cut it by hand faster. The blade he was using needed replaced 500 cuts ago.

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    Hey folks...

    The guy working at the bottom of the food chain often doesn't have the horsepower to buy a new blade and have it installed.


    However, if you approach someone in management and respectfully inform them that the blade on their saw is obviously dull and is a safety hazard that could lead to someone getting injured, that person may get something done about it.
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    This isn't the same thing, but a few times I went to Home Depot to buy some MDF. I can't carry a whole sheet so I always get it cut in half. Last two times they told me they don't cut MDF.

    So I go over to Lowe's and they cut it no problem. I don't have a clue why HD wouldn't cut MDF.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Henderson View Post
    This isn't the same thing, but a few times I went to Home Depot to buy some MDF. I can't carry a whole sheet so I always get it cut in half. Last two times they told me they don't cut MDF.

    So I go over to Lowe's and they cut it no problem. I don't have a clue why HD wouldn't cut MDF.

    Mike
    Probably the same reason that about half the time they won't cut PT. Heard something about cutting those materials that they half remember and use as an excuse to get out of work...

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