Metal Shapers: Where to get chipboard template paper?

Sorta O/T, sorta not...

Question for those of you who use Chipboard Paper for making sheet metal templates. Where on earth can you get this stuff?? I was given a stack of 24" x 36" sheets from an old school sheet metal guy a few years back and haven't been able to find a good resource for it since. I've seen a few art supply places that sell it, but none of those stores are anywhere around me.

Is there a good on-line source or something for this?? Is there a not so obvious place that a person can go to and walk out with a stack??

This is the best paper ever for making sheet metal templates! (At least I think so, anyway) I sure would like to get some more. My stack pretty much gone...

Any info would be appreciated!

S

 

I buy heavy mat board blems at the frame shop. Not the same but only 5 bucks a pop for a 3x4 footer

 

trim shops j-j fabric any were you can get fabric

 

Yeah, it's pretty similar stuff, actually. Isn't it?

 

Never thought to try a fabric store. Interesting....

 

Kinda sounds like you are getting ready for the rear lower panels??

I am looking forward to seeing what it will turn out like.\

Len

 

We got a guy that works at a printing shop and he brings us the thin cardboard that they use to separate the paper, they just recycle it.....we get it for nothing. I got a 4 foot stack of 24" x 36" here......you can have some if you come and get it

try your local printer, they might have something similar for cheap.

 

HAHA! Thanks!!

Does it basically look like really think Masonite?

I'll check with printing shops. Thanks!

 

Well, yes and no. The panels are too contoured for template paper, but yet I'm getting closer to thinking about them.

 

Pearl Art & Craft... 7227 Edinger? Art Supply Warehouse in Westminster?

 

If there's a food plant near you most of the stuff that gets shipped in will have this paper either under the load or on top - or both. I'll bet they have plenty lying around you could have....

 

Oh! Nice! I'll give them a call! Thanks!

 

What Jagman said. Your local milk delivery guy should be able to load you up with some. Unstained, preferably!

 

Any chance this stuff has another name? These art shops don't seem to know anything about it. Definitely seems to be more for packing and industrial use.

We have a guy that makes crates for us. I'm going to ask him when he comes by if he has or can get such a thing.

 

try this: http://www.uline.com/BL_1852/Chipboard-Pads?keywords=chipboard

 

Sounds like oil board used for stencils. Art supply stores should carry it.

 

Oh yeah! ULINE! That place is great! I think we order supplies from them also. Looks like it's about 50 cents a sheet, or so. Thanks for the link!

http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-9886/Pads/23-x-35-x-022-Chipboard-Pads

That's the closest I've seen. Sounds like I'm on the right track at least...

 

Try this source:
http://www.uline.com/BL_1852/Chipboard-Pads?keywords=Chipboard+Pads
http://www.uline.com/BL_1952/Kraft-Paper-Sheets?keywords=Kraft+Paper+Sheets

Or this one:
http://www.papermart.com/Product%20Pages/Product.aspx?GroupID=4660&SubGroupID=4661&ParentGroupID=18925#4661

Look also to your local box supplier.

Nick

 

More good links!

The thing I'm noticing about this stuff is that it's only sold in large quantity packs. Jeesh. Took me three years to go through like 12 sheets of this stuff. Would have a pack of 90 or a 100 for the rest of my life, probably. HAHA!

 

X2.
I work for a printer, and aside for the stuff we use for notepads, skids of full size paper (19x25, 23x35) have a sheet on the bottom between the paper and the pallet. We just recycle it.
It is indeed called Chipboard in the industry.

 

I worked servicing printing equipment for many years. Go to any print shop, especially the ones that copy blueprints and they will fix you up with chipboard in almost any size you need.

 

I use the thin cardboard that they use to separate the bundles of aluminum with. Any metal supply house usually just throw them away. They are thin and nice to work with, 48" x 12 foot long. Shhhh, dont tell anyone though.

 

That is sad, most of the young people that work in these stores don't know jack. Tell them that it is the cheezy gray cardboard that most off the shelf picture frames have for backing. I buy it by the sheet here at the local art store, for patterns, and fortunately the proprietor (old fashioned word for the knowledgeable guy that works there) is an older guy.

 

The stuff I'm looking for is actually closer to the color of cardboard or Masonite. It's almost like a real thin Masonite, in fact. Are we thinking of too different things?

 

I get that stuff on the back of our packages of Freight Bills. They are copy paper size but work great for small patterns!

 

I used poster board for years, but recently have been using a real thin aluminum flashing. I have found you can be very accurate with it especially when tracing around it onto your metal. I also got tired of not seeing my traced lines on the steel so i now put a light coat of white flat paint on it and after cutting sand it off.

 

No, it's the same. It's a low quality cardboard made from chunks of recycled chunks and pressed. Comes in different thickness. Color varies depending on what stuff it was made from. There have been a lot of suggestions for picking it up free from places, as has been mentioned. Commonly used to separate layers on pallets for shipping, ask in the back of a chain grocery store, printer etc.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/all-purpose-chipboard

Good luck...this stuff is laying around somewhere near you, it's literally everywhere, just ask around, like these guys said. Most places recycle it along with their box cardboard...,think places with a bailer, Target, Walmart

 

I work in a pretty industrialized area. I would think I would be able to find this stuff close by.

Thanks for the tips everyone!

 

Hey Scoot,

Art Supply Warehouse on Westminster has what you're lookin for................

In a pinch I've been known to use donut boxes. Heavy brown paper is also good for layout purposes because you can pinch it together to tell where on a high or semi-crowned panel you need to shrink or stretch. Chipboard, Bristol board or donut boxes won't give ya that!

" Your head would look good on a pike "

 

---Scooter, Go to Costco and dig out the cardboard from in between the stacks of toilet paper. Nice big 3x5 sheets, and they will usually give it to you if you ask nicely.