Also, when cutting with a circular saw, place the finished side of the material down. When cutting with a table saw, the finished side should be up. In either case, a plywood, or fine tooth blade is desireable to reduce splintering. Richard Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting plywood mistake
>A strip of masking tape along the intended cut to be sawn through will also > do a good job. Cross cutting particularly Oak is difficult because it is > very hard. > > You are a more patient man than me to cut three times! > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:01 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cutting plywood mistake > > >> Well a few weeks ago I learned a cutting plywood lesson. I purchased a >> 1/4 >> sheet of oak veneer from Lows. >> We first had a problem locating it since it was not in the correct bin so >> we had someone help locate it. I told him that I was going to cut it up >> for shelving and I planned to cut pieces 23 1/4" x 15 3/4". He told me >> that there would be no charge for him to cut it. So I took advantage of >> that offer. When cut they were placed in Karen's cart and we purchased a >> few more items and went home. Karen took it in the basement for me and a >> few days later I started cutting the banding stock. Well the tops of the >> plywood were very nicely cut. The oak veneer on the bottom was really >> messed up. Although this will be the bottom of the shelves for the TV >> stand, I had to get some plastic wood and fill in and really sand the >> bottom. You could get some nasty splinters if I hadn't filled in the >> jagged rips. >> That board costs $20 so I did salvage it. The finished product looks >> great >> from the top. Just hope no one ever looks under the shelves, the will >> wonder what kind of a wood butcher I am. >> If I would have cut them I would have used a plywood blade and made three >> passes for each cut. First about a 1/16" scoring cut on both finished >> sides then cut the plywood. There would have been no splintered edges. >> Oh well! I learned something. >> Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.15/659 - Release Date: >> 30/01/2007 >> >> > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
