Starboard

[rangerdog]

Where do you all get Starboard or other brand of plastic wood. Its very heavy to ship, but I can travel!

 

[DaleH]

Best bet is to check your local yellow pages and find an industrial plastics supplier. King Starboard is one brand and CPG Seaboard is the other. If the place supplies machine shops, I've found I could buy scraps for great prices and usually find the CPG stuff @ 1/2 -2/3rds the price of the King starboard, and they're identical materials.

 

[esfishdoc]

I'm shopping now.... here is a link with some prices... I think we can find it cheaper.... but this is a start.

http://www.buckwoodcraft.com/king_starboard.htm


Richard

 

[rangerdog]

Richard, I have seen that site. Let's keep looking! Someone on TF said there was a supplier in Rockville??

 

[esfishdoc]

http://www.shipstore.com/SS/HTML/KSB/KSBSTARBOARD.html

Just found this site..... prices look better.....

54 X 24 X 1/2 inch Seafoam for 94.71.....

Let me know if you find it cheaper..... There are so many places out there that don't list prices.... and I've looked at so many I forgot half of them....

Richard

 

[Go Fish]

CPG Seaboard is made by the Compression Polymer Corp. see their web site here:

http://www.cpg-vycom.com/seaboard.asp

Call them Moday morning and ask where the distributer in your area is.

Up here the distributor/retailer is J. Freeman...their prices are GOOD

http://www.jfreeman.com/panels.html#top

 

[endorfins]

Anyone work with this stuff? Can it be cut on a table saw? I have a small woodshop and was wondering if it could be cut and routed. Thanks.

 

[DaleH]

Anyone work with this stuff? Can it be cut on a table saw? I have a small woodshop and was wondering if it could be cut and routed. Thanks.

Awesome stuff to work with! Works with any std wood tools and custs like butter. As always, let the tool cut and do the work. A dull blade will tend to heat up and melt rather than cut.

Do a search on King Starboard as their website has info on working with it.

 

[warthog5]

I use a 50 tooth blade that I have on the tablesaw for ripping. It tend's to leave slight saw mark's along the edge.

What I do is cut it just slightly oversize and then run it thru the jointer. that will give you a clean factory edge.