Metcalf Store

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The Metcalf @ The Bank Is now open it is new location 27 North Main st. The building with the two large colums We also have a facebook page ( Metcalf Store) We can also be found on the RISD intranet

The RISD Metcalf Store AKA the Metcalf Supply Store is RISD's hardware and materials store. The Metcalf sells everything from lumber to plastics, plaster to glues.

401-454-6354 - Metcalf Website

Store Hours:

• Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Thursday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Sunday: CLOSED

[edit] Silver

Silver sale hours at the Metcalf Instructional supply store. Silver, for jewelry classes, projects and public, or other use is sold in the form of sheet, wire (round or square), or tube. Sheet silver is sold by the square inch, in even or whole inches only; wire (round) is sold in any length; tube is sold in one foot sections only, as is square wire.

Silver hours, as they have come to be called, are the hours of the day that silver may be purchased at the Metcalf Instructional supply store.

• Monday: 10-11AM
• Tuesday: 10-11AM, 5-6PM (this is particularly interesting as the store appears to be closed: above)
• Wednesday 10-11AM
• Thursday 10-11AM, 3-4PM
• Friday 3-4PM
• Saturday 10-11AM

[edit] Ordering from the metcalf

Most cut orders are guaranteed to be filled within 24 hrs. In most cases they are filled sooner.

3D materials such as foams are typically sold by the Board Foot while planer materials such as plywood, styrene, PETG and Masonite are typlically sold by the Square Foot.

Full sheets of materials, such as Plywood or Styrene may be purchased with out placing an order. Orders only need to be placed if something from the back room needs to be cut.

[edit] Painting Stretchers

The Metcalf Instructional Supply Store also fabricates different styles and sizes of painting stretchers. These may be made to order, and may take as long as a full seven days to be made ready for pickup. The two main types of stretchers are canvas clad wood framed, or solid panel. (We do not however stretch the canvas, you must do that somewhere else) our shop is not condusive for this function. Canvas stretcher frames and bars have been made in sizes from six inches to fourteen feet. Solid panel stretchers, as they are called are made of either masonite or birch skins with a 1 by 2 pine frame. The birch stretchers cost only slightly more than the masonite but are one third to one half the weight. At present, there is now a new painting product available, a masonite or birch clad foamkore, approximately 3/4 of an inch thick and very light in weight. These are usually precut and can be purchased on the spot, and are the least expensive of the stretchers types. (you can also paint on both sides)

[edit] Hardwoods/ Lumber

Hardwoods (IE not plywood) can be cut to length for you on the spot without placing an order. The Metcalf Store will not rip any hardwood lumber. Any size of lumber my be cut for you as long as you leave at least 18 inches behind. If you you do not leave at least 18in on the board, you MUST purchase the entire board. This is because boards need to be at least 18in to be put in the planer, (A machine that flattens/evens the surface of wood) and therefore boards shorter than 18in are unusable to most students.

Lumber is priced by the board foot, but the prices differ depending on their quarter. Quarter refers to their thickness in inches. 4/4 (said as "four quarter") is inch thick, while 8/4 (said as "eight quarter") is two inch thick. Pricing for eight quarter ( 8/4 or 2in) is more than double the cost of four quarter (4/4 or 1in). This is because they are larger pieces of wood, and harder to find. But if you need eight quarter, you need eight quarter.