Unlike solid wood against solid wood, the plywood edges, even sawn with the best blades, have some fuzz and spring back: there are only 40% long grain fibers, and my experience has made me decide to spend the time properly applying clamping pressure for a failsafe job.
Plywood is a great material for building cabinets, bookcases and shelves. But exposed edges usually look unfinished unless they’re covered with a layer of wood. While wood veneer tape is one easy way to cover edges, a better method is to glue or nail on a strip of solid wood nosing. It’s good ...
Plywood is a perfect material for cabinet, bookcase and bookshelf making. The only negative to using plywood is its exposed veneer edges. There are a lot of ways to cover these edges from solid wood veneer to thin edge strips to full thickness solid wood edging. This article will discuss applying solid edging to plywood edges.
Edge banding is a simple way to hide exposed plywood edges. When done properly, it looks like a solid piece of wood! Here are my tricks and tips for getting a professionally finished look.
Plywood is one of the more versatile options when doing large wood working projects. It is much more cost effective than joining solid lumber boards together, and it can be bought in a variety of grades and veneers to custom fit your needs.
Edge banding is a band of veneer with heat activated or pressure sensitive adhesive that is applied to the edges of the plywood. It can be trimmed using a craft knife but a cleaner cut can be achieved by using an edge banding trimmer.
We stopped by the Gorilla Glue booth at the National Hardware Show and learned more about Gorilla Wood Glue, plus a great tip for attaching solid-wood edging to plywood.
Their pine is solid edge glued pine, but the oak line is plywood. They say the pine is solid because they can make it from a low grade of pine and cut out the defects. They claim the finished cost of panel is much less than the raw material cost of solid oak.::::::::
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