Hi, When I built my desk I purchased the ply wood from Lows and paid 0.75 per cut. I thought this was an Ok bargain. After I got the wood home I realized the wood was not cut to my specks. That was when I bought my own skill saw and started making my own cuts. At 08:01 AM 2/3/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>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/>http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.22/666 - Release Date: >2/3/2007 3:31 PM Thanks. Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! 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/
