How To Rip A Sheet Of Plywood

These large sheets of plywood from lowe s come in at the low low price of 13 per sheet.

How to rip a sheet of plywood.

I do about 1 4 so for ripping 3 4 thick plywood i set my blade to about 1 depth. We gave the guy a generous tip because it probably was more than they usually cut for free. I keep a piece of rigid foam board in my workshop. Use a drywall square to draw your cut line across the whole sheet.

When i cut plywood i place the plywood on top of the foam and cut right into the foam. Speaking of let s discuss the difference in cross cuts vs rip cuts. Where are you watching from commen. Measure from the corner to your cut line and mark with a pencil.

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. The more stable the plywood the better your chances for a perfectly smooth cut. Plywood usually come in 4 x 8 sheets which is a very unwieldy thing to cut with any tool. In general the more teeth the smoother the cut.

Blades will make smooth rip cuts in plywood and reasonably good crosscuts. The size makes it difficult to keep the sheet flat on the table or bench and. Set the blade depth to just clear the plywood thickness. Do the same thing on the other end of the sheet establishing two points for your cut line.

As long as they re sharp any of these four 7 1 4 in. And they ripped them down for free. Ripping plywood sheets to desired widths. This week we re sharing 2 of our most used shantytips when ripping huge pieces of plywood and making cross cuts on them.

Typically it s easiest to rip the sheet lengthwise into the widths you want before cross cutting the lengths you want. I know this is step 3 but you can cut down plywood in whatever order you wish. 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. All 8 sheets of them.

I m assuming for this example you need a full length cut a rip down the 8 foot length of the sheet. Of all the tips i can give you this one helped me the most.