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Off topic, is there any business that will CNC/cut particle board to size, shape, and create holes etc?

Basically thingiverse for furniture.

It would be awesome to be able to customize and reorder parts. For novice users, parametric models could be used to perfectly fit your closet in some nook.

I know there are fully automatic wood cnc machines, but I’m not aware of any company that offers this service (at a reasonable price of course).

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I was able to build a very nice desk[0] for my wife using wood from one provider[1] in Germany. It was CNC cut extremely precisely. I requested all the plates and used my wood tools to do all the small cuts, holes, etc. But you can ask them to cut the holes too. It saved me a lot of time and energy to have the plates ready at the right dimensions. I am sure you can find the same kind of providers wherever you live.

[0]: https://dl.ceondo.com/public/stuff/desk.mp4

[1]: https://www.plattenzuschnitt24.de/

Cute desk.

I've had good experiences with sendcutsend for small aluminum parts, not sure about large wood parts but they do support many materials including mdf and plywood.

https://sendcutsend.com/materials/baltic-birch-plywood/

https://sendcutsend.com/

Reasonable price is relative. Real CNC woodworkers cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and require a large commercial space with electric supply. The people who can afford those usually have plenty of work lined up for them. But that's not always the case.

Look around for small wood shops. My father owned one and had a Northwood with two 4x8 tables and 4 spindles. Mostly for in-house work but did a bunch of job shopping if someone came to him with decent drawings. A lot of work was one table so the other could be quickly setup for a one off.

I have never tried anything complicated, but the home improvement store close to me, I can bring a thing of wood and they will make cuts to them along certain dimensions for like 10 cents a cut. I don't know if that's an offering in the US but to be honest from an ecological and logistical standpoint "let's have people be sent bespoke planks of wood" feels like a thing with a good amount of externalities compared to "you go to Home Depot and ask for cuts there"

I don't know about CNC, but where I live in Europe there are plenty of companies that will cut and laminate wood to your specifications. I'd imagine this is what a lot of kitchen builders use for doors etc rather than doing it themselves.

there are loads of cnc hobbyists looking to make some more money. post something on craigslist im sure you'll get some takers.

https://www.opendesk.cc/

send-cut-send will do it, even from inkskape files, but nothing bigger than 44"x30" for MDF which limits furniture options somewhat.

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