Is plywood a lot tougher to cut with a circular saw? I ask because I'm making the rolling cubby bench, and since I had a huge amount of plywood on hand already (cut into 11 1/2" widths) I used that instead of buying 1x12 and adjusting the measurements to reflect the 11 1/4" 1x12 last night. It seemed like the saw had a harder time with it than when I've done just regular old pine.
The saw is fairly new, I've used it to make a console table, a rolling crate cart, and a set of 10$ ledges (instead of making 1 8' ledge with no cuts, I made a 6' and a 2'. I need to make the other pair soon ;) ). So I'd be surprised if the saw blade was crazy dull already. But maybe I'm expecting too much out it?
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Tsu Dho Nimh
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 14:58
It's definitely harder to cut. Slow down and don't push hard on the blade.
tnslb
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 15:19
Thanks! I did some 1x trim pieces tonight and they were like butter after that plywood ;)
I'm at the 'throw everything away and never look at another project again' stage of my bench. So annoyed with it. It seems the plywood had a very slight bow in it (unrelated to the other post I had a bit ago about straightening out wood, ha!) which I didn't notice. Until I went to put the trim on just now. I have no idea if I'll need to start over entirely, I have it weighted down in the middle inside the warm house, so we'll see what happens :(
tnslb
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 15:39
I lied...It turns out the trim piece was crappy. I grabbed another piece and it fit totally fine ;) Ignore my dramatics!