How To Rip A Sheet Of Plywood

Blades will make smooth rip cuts in plywood and reasonably good crosscuts.

How to rip a sheet of plywood.

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. We gave the guy a generous tip because it probably was more than they usually cut for free. The disadvantage of the 140 tooth plywood blade is that the teeth will dull much faster than the teeth on the three carbide blades. I know this is step 3 but you can cut down plywood in whatever order you wish.

Typically it s easiest to rip the sheet lengthwise into the widths you want before cross cutting the lengths you want. Speaking of let s discuss the difference in cross cuts vs rip cuts. These large sheets of plywood from lowe s come in at the low low price of 13 per sheet. Ripping plywood sheets to desired widths.

All 8 sheets of them. Do the same thing on the other end of the sheet establishing two points for your cut line. When ripping a large sheet of plywood image 1 on a table saw use an outfeed table image 2 or roller stand to support the board as it comes off the saw. I do about 1 4 so for ripping 3 4 thick plywood i set my blade to about 1 depth.

In general the more teeth the smoother the cut. As long as they re sharp any of these four 7 1 4 in. I m assuming for this example you need a full length cut a rip down the 8 foot length of the sheet. 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.

And they ripped them down for free. Use a drywall square to draw your cut line across the whole sheet. The size makes it difficult to keep the sheet flat on the table or bench and. The more stable the plywood the better your chances for a perfectly smooth cut.

Of all the tips i can give you this one helped me the most. I keep a piece of rigid foam board in my workshop. Plywood usually come in 4 x 8 sheets which is a very unwieldy thing to cut with any tool. When i cut plywood i place the plywood on top of the foam and cut right into the foam.

The system works well for both rip cuts parallel to the grain and crosscuts perpendicular to the grain. Set the blade depth to just clear the plywood thickness.