"M Townsend" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm very, very new to wood-working
> Still in the "thinking about it" stage :)
>
> I was just wondering, when you use a veneered plywood, how do you hide the
> edges if you're using a router to shape them??
If you're using 3/4" plywood or maybe a little thinner, you can use 3/4"
veneer edging strips. It comes in pre-glued iron on form and use your own
white glue type. Typically, it comes in rolls of varying lengths 8' and
longer. It's not that expensive and works quite well. If it's really thin
plywood, say 1/8" or so then for all practical purposes, all you can do is
to stain and seal the edges. I've used veneer edging on 3/8" plywood before,
but it's difficult to get it to stay on securely.
One way to get around this problem is to put a strip of solid wood on the
edge of the plywood and route that.
Michael
"M Townsend" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm very, very new to wood-working
>
> Still in the "thinking about it" stage :)
>
> I was just wondering, when you use a veneered plywood, how do you hide the
> edges if you're using a router to shape them??
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
hi matt,
you can use plywood that has reasonable exposed edges, such as baltic
birch, and shape it directly with your router. or, you can "band" the
plywood edges with solid wood and shape that. whenever i work with ply,
i apply a nice thick solid edging - personally i don't like the look of
exposed baltic birch edges, but many do.
if you decide to apply solid banding, consider applying it thicker than
the plywood (i.e. hanging over both sides) and then trimming to the
proper thickness once the glue is dry. i rough trim with a router, and
then clean it up with a sharp hand plane.
good luck!
--- dz
M Townsend wrote:
> Hi, I'm very, very new to wood-working
>
> Still in the "thinking about it" stage :)
>
> I was just wondering, when you use a veneered plywood, how do you hide the
> edges if you're using a router to shape them??
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
3 millionths of a meter? I don't think so.
"Gfretwell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Don't get too aggressive around that verneer, it is about 3 microns thick
and
> you can easily sand it off.