MOTM

? You buy walnut plywood, you don't make it. Well, you could buy
regular cheapo plywood and put walnut veneer on it, but why?

Hardwood plywood is much more expensive than regular plywood.
A 4'x8' sheet of regular ply might be $15, but the hardwood
kind will be $40-$50. But it's worth it. I haven't tried to
buy walnut ply, but I've used maple, oak, and birch.

Also, when you cut plywood, be conscious of which side of the
plywood will be visible in the final product. The thin veneers
have a tendency to tear out as the saw blade leaves the wood
during the cut. So arrange the cut so that the saw blade is
entering the wood on the visible side. And if both sides are
visible in the end, you should first cut a light scoring pass
along the kerf line before cutting. Why all this effort?
Because the solid wood edging needs to be flush to achieve
the illusion that the whole assembly is solid wood. If you
can look along the edging and see little tearouts, it looks
pretty amateurish.

-BobC

-----Original Message-----
From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) [mailto:noise@...]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 3:09 PM
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [motm] Re: More about Stooge Walnut Cabinets


I would imagine, though, that fabricating a walnut plywood would be quite a
bit more expensive and timeconsuming...?

--PBr

-----Original Message-----
From: paulhaneberg [mailto:phaneber@...]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:00 AM
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [motm] Re: More about Stooge Walnut Cabinets


I have a good friend who is a professional woodworker who grew up in
Hungary and learned woodworking the old fashioned way.  He likes to
make cabinets with walnut plywood.  He cuts edging material about
1/8" thick on a table saw out of solid walnut and glues it on after
making sure the edges are perfectly smooth by using a joiner.  He
also always uses solid wood for trim, but uses plywood for any large
or long pieces such as sides or tops.
It can be done using solid pieces, but I'm not sure of the
technique.  Something to do with gluing together several strips with
grain running in opposite directions using biscuits.



Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/