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whoo · Dec 21, 2021

Foler said:
Gonna go check this out tomorrow. May go with it.

SANDEPLY 18mm - Sande Plywood ( 3/4 in. Category x 4 ft. x 8 ft.; Actual: 0.709 in. x 48 in. x 96 in.) 454559 - The Home Depot

Sandeplywood is a Home Depot Exclusive. Every piece meets the highest grading standard for strength and appearance. Sandeply is a hardwood plywood designed for interior applications.

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Sande Plywood is marine grade plywood. It's tough and the glue used in it is water resistant, but the grain is coarser than plywood made for cabinetry.

If they don't have 3/4 birch or Maple (Columbia Forest Products 3/4 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. PureBond Maple Plywood-263012 - The Home Depot), the Sande is ok but won't finish as nicely.

Foler · Dec 21, 2021

whoo said:
Sande Plywood is marine grade plywood. It's tough and the glue used in it is water resistant, but the grain is coarser than plywood made for cabinetry.

If they don't have 3/4 birch or Maple (Columbia Forest Products 3/4 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. PureBond Maple Plywood-263012 - The Home Depot), the Sande is ok but won't finish as nicely.

Gotcha. What you linked isn’t in stock in any store anywhere near me. This is in stock tho. Lots of ppl complaining about delaminating. Honestly I just want something functional.

Columbia Forest Products 3/4 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. PureBond Birch Plywood 165921 - The Home Depot

Veneered construction gives these decorative PureBond Birch Plywood Project Panels the strength, flatness and rigidity to satisfy the most discerning craftsman. Each 7-ply sheet is assembled with a soy-based

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Intrinsic · Dec 21, 2021

Soy-based, yikes

Seriously though, you’re over thinking it. I know bc I do that constantly. Use whatever looks good and seems fine. You’ll know the difference.

BrutulTM · Dec 21, 2021

Intrinsic said:
Soy-based, yikes

Seriously though, you’re over thinking it. I know bc I do that constantly. Use whatever looks good and seems fine. You’ll know the difference.

This. It's a shelf, not a nuclear power plant. If whatever you build isn't 100% optimal, you will still be able to put shit on it.

whoo · Dec 21, 2021

Foler said:
Gotcha. What you linked isn’t in stock in any store anywhere near me. This is in stock tho. Lots of ppl complaining about delaminating. Honestly I just want something functional.

Columbia Forest Products 3/4 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. PureBond Birch Plywood 165921 - The Home Depot

Veneered construction gives these decorative PureBond Birch Plywood Project Panels the strength, flatness and rigidity to satisfy the most discerning craftsman. Each 7-ply sheet is assembled with a soy-based

www.homedepot.com

The birch will be fine unless it's going in a pool house or you keep it at 80+ % humidity in your house. The Sande stuff would be better for outdoors given the high florida humidity, but indoors you'll be fine with the birch. Get a 25' roll of birch iron on edge banding too (if they have it)

whoo · Dec 21, 2021

BrutulTM said:
This. It's a shelf, not a nuclear power plant. If whatever you build isn't 100% optimal, you will still be able to put shit on it.

Truth

Foler · Dec 21, 2021

Intrinsic said:
Soy-based, yikes

Seriously though, you’re over thinking it. I know bc I do that constantly. Use whatever looks good and seems fine. You’ll know the difference.

Yeah.. I’ll finish it tomorrow. I just want something functional to free up real estate on my workbench.

thanks everyone for help

Borzak · Dec 22, 2021

I used to use MDO (medium density overlay) not MDF a lot, though it's pretty hard to find at times. It's an exterior grade plywood normally used in sign making and such. Can get it 1s or 2s etc either brown or white surfaced...It looks really good painted over the coating which is what it is designed for. I used it for stuff in the shop that I wanted a smooth surface and then just slap some paint on it. Very durable and easy to work with. Not exactly cheap tho and as mentioned can be hard to find in some places. I used to get it in 4'x10' sheets in 3/8" and 1/2" thickness. Used it for the 2 sides in my teardrop trailer as well, had an aluminum outershell over it.

Dandai · Dec 24, 2021

Rigid 13" Thickness Planer for $185 (plus paid shipping) right now if you act quick: RIDGID 13 in. Thickness Corded Planer-R4331 - The Home Depot

I checked before I came to post here and it still shows that price for me. Sadly I bought a thickness planer earlier this year. Good luck gents.

Intrinsic · Dec 24, 2021

I'd definitely do that if I didn't have the Dewalt already. Everything I have by Ridgid has been really good and solid for years. It is a shame that Emerson/TTI seems to be letting this line die slowly.

Kovaks · Dec 24, 2021

Another board and also making a C table for my wife which is in clamps right now.

Intrinsic · Dec 24, 2021

Kovaks said:
Another board and also making a C table for my wife which is in clamps right now. View attachment 389653 View attachment 389654

Hah, I wasn't even going to post my glue up for my coffee table. It has been so long since doing one I thought my process was down but ended up rushing and panicking and didn't get the squeeze out cleaned up correctly. Now I've gotta go back and fix this mess. Also out of the 12 maple boards it was almost impossible to get 6 that went together how I wanted so had to settle on these. Did all the planing with my #4 on the back side and am going to do the top side tomorrow.

It'll be 24x48 but is slightly larger and not squared at this point.

whoo · Dec 24, 2021

Intrinsic said:
Hah, I wasn't even going to post my glue up for my coffee table. It has been so long since doing one I thought my process was down but ended up rushing and panicking and didn't get the squeeze out cleaned up correctly. Now I've gotta go back and fix this mess. Also out of the 12 maple boards it was almost impossible to get 6 that went together how I wanted so had to settle on these. Did all the planing with my #4 on the back side and am going to do the top side tomorrow.

It'll be 24x48 but is slightly larger and not squared at this point.

View attachment 389656

That's really not a mess. Chisel off the big lumps (very sharp chisel), and use a card scraper on the seams. For anyone that works with wood more than once a year, i recommend learning to use and sharpen a card scraper (and a spokeshave too!). Nice looking wood!

Edit: clarification

Burns · Dec 24, 2021

Dandai said:
Rigid 13" Thickness Planer for $185 (plus paid shipping) right now if you act quick: RIDGID 13 in. Thickness Corded Planer-R4331 - The Home Depot

View attachment 389649

I checked before I came to post here and it still shows that price for me. Sadly I bought a thickness planer earlier this year. Good luck gents.

View attachment 389651

Welp, that looks like a good deal, at least from an uniformed consumer (I know nothing about planers).

...but they already fixed the bug in the system, when you proceed to checkout.

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Intrinsic · Dec 24, 2021

whoo said:
That's really not a mess. Chisel off the big lumps (very sharp chisel), and use a card scraper on the seams. For anyone that works with wood more than once a year, i recommend learning to use and sharpen a card scraper (and a spokeshave too!). Nice looking wood!

Edit: clarification

I was on Amazon last night actually looking at cabinet scrapers and burnishers. Not that they're expensive or anything. Think it was this pair:

My plan was just to hit my #4 with the sharpening stones and dial it down and go over that side. Hadn't done any planing to it yet but thought maybe I'd get most of that. Never used a scraper though.

Kovaks · Dec 25, 2021

whoo said:
That's really not a mess. Chisel off the big lumps (very sharp chisel), and use a card scraper on the seams. For anyone that works with wood more than once a year, i recommend learning to use and sharpen a card scraper (and a spokeshave too!). Nice looking wood!

Edit: clarification

I love using a sharp card scraper, watching those little tiny spirals. Definitely my favorite wat to clean up tables.

whoo · Dec 25, 2021

Intrinsic said:
I was on Amazon last night actually looking at cabinet scrapers and burnishers. Not that they're expensive or anything. Think it was this pair:

My plan was just to hit my #4 with the sharpening stones and dial it down and go over that side. Hadn't done any planing to it yet but thought maybe I'd get most of that. Never used a scraper though.

The Amazon links aren't working for me, but If you have and can sharpen a bench plane, a card scraper will be easy for you and so worth the small amount of time you spend learning to use and sharpen it. I recommend handheld over the #80 cabinet scraper.

Here's a decent video on that.

Hekotat · Dec 27, 2021

Burns said:
For anyone else in the DFW area in the same tool poor boat:

In my search I did find an artisan co-op group (like a club) with access to various professional tools for a whole slew of crafts. It looks pretty good for a hobbyist for $30 a month membership. Too bad it's over an hour and a half away (in Carrolton).

Dallas Makerspace – A Community Workshop

dallasmakerspace.org

The problem with this place is they have hours of courses required to even get to touch most equipment. I was an engineer that designed one of the machines they had and they wouldn't let me touch it without a 6 hour training course on it.

I get training to some extent but that was ludicrous.

Burns · Dec 27, 2021

Hekotat said:
The problem with this place is they have hours of courses required to even get to touch most equipment. I was an engineer that designed one of the machines they had and they wouldn't let me touch it without a 6 hour training course on it.

I get training to some extent but that was ludicrous.

Looks like you need to bring up your point of personal privilege, at a meeting, to get some credential based waver in lieu of training put into the rulebook.

I only looked at what it would take to use their Jointer and Planer. It looked like one weekend morning, where they turn it on, show how to use the emergency shutoff, and have everyone use them under supervision to pass the course.

Chukzombi · Dec 28, 2021

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