How To Cut Big Sheets Of Plywood

Cross cutting plywood sheets to desired length.

How to cut big sheets of plywood.

Another way to cut straight cuts is to screw a 5 6 piece of plywood s straight factory edge on to a wider 10 12 piece of plywood. Again you could swap step 3 and 4 but i usually rip first then cross cut second. Put the best edge of the wood against the fence and push the corner of the board into the fence to keep the board tight against the fence throughout the cut image 3. Before cutting your plywood adjust your saw blade to the right depth.

If my plywood strips are smaller than 16 wide i like to use my miter saw again with a fine tooth blade or it may cause a lot of tear out to. This diy circular saw guide is easy to build and simple to setup to get accurate cuts in large shee. Choose the right kind of blade. Set the saw blade to the right depth.

Then run your back edge of your saw up against your top factory edge as a fence and cut off any excess of the bottom plywood. There is a solution to that as well. Support the whole piece of wood. Maneuvering a sheet of plywood through a tablesaw can be tricky but it s the best way to get straight cuts if you know what you re doing.

For all of you denser than stone types i m just showing the method here not covering every possible safety precaution known to the human race. To get a smooth cut on a sheet of plywood you ll need to have the right blade. All these factors come together to make a cut on plywood that gets you close to perfect at the very start. When there will be a lot of cutting or to use in the future.

Cutting plywood with a circular saw 1. My miter saw can cut up to 16 wide boards at a time. If you want to avoid chipping the veneer install a. Often plywood sheets are large and heavy and pose a problem when making the initial cuts.

I m working on a boat building project and struggled to find info on how to support and cut complex shapes in thin plywood so i created this video showing wh.