User's Guide to Plywoodby Roland Johnson
Sometimes solid wood is not the best option. For built-in cabinets or large tabletops, for example, contributing editor Roland Johnson turns to plywood. Its sandwich ...
Six Ways to Edge Plywoodby Mario Rodriguez
It’s hard for Mario Rodriguez to imagine building some furniture and cabinetry without plywood. The challenge is what to do with the unsightly edge where the lamination ...
Versatile Plywood Drawersby Gary Rogowski
This set of drawers is like a loose pair of jeans: made for comfort and use, not for show. Gary Rogowski explains how to build a set of simple plywood drawers with ...
Dressing Up Plywood Cabinets with Face Framesby Joseph Beals
How a face frame is made is no more important than how it’s designed, writes Joseph Beals, who has had his share of building difficult and easier ones. They should ...
Sheet Goods for the Woodshopby William Duckworth
Hardwood plywood revolutionized the furniture and cabinet trades, writes William Duckworth of Fine Woodworking. He talked to a number of custom woodworking shop ...
No-Hassle Panel Handlingby Skip Lauderbaugh
Moving sheets of plywood, melamine or medium-density fiberboard is a backbreaker. Skip Lauderbaugh has no forklift, so he came up with ways to handle big sheets ...
A Woodworker's Guide to Medium-Density Fiberboardby Jim Hayden
Because of its dense, uniform composition and flatness, MDF has surpassed plywood and particleboard as the sheet good of choice for fine work and more routine uses. ...
Cutting Sheet Goods Down to Sizeby Charley Robinson
Charley Robinson evaluates three guide systems for cutting plywood with a circular saw: the Exac-T-Guide, Glide-Easy Saw, and Blade Runner II. They all use a carriage ...
Hardwood Plywoodby Tage Frid
Tage Frid shares his knowledge of how to buy hardwood plywood -- the different grades and qualities, and its advantages and disadvantages compared to solid wood. ...
Stacked Plywoodby Ellen Swartz
Ellen Swartz explains why working mostly with plywood appeals to her. It isn't suitable for traditional joinery, though pinned finger joints work well, she says. ...
Birch Plywoodby Paul Roman
Professional woodworkers in the U.S. have been using birch plywood for a long time, but in 1975, it was not readily available to amateur woodworkers. In this short ...
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