Monthly Archives: December 2009

I have a plywood exterior board that I wish to remove from the outside.How can I remove the nails?

I know about cat’s claws and the prongs on a hammer. I cannot attack this board from the inside of the house, the drywall is in good condition. The nails are flush with the board. if your trashing the wood … Continue reading

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Can I install plywood strips and stain & vaneer them to look like hardwood?

I have a cottage. As a cheap alternative to expensive hardwood or engineered hardwood flooring, I was thinking of cutting 6" strips from plywood sheets and screwing them down to the existing plywood floor. I would then stain and vaneer … Continue reading

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How much would a plank of birch plywood cost and how much would I need to build a guitar?

$45 would get you a cabinet grade 4X8 sheet of birch. but you should make the neck from maple or another extremely hard wood

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Would it be okay to make a skateboard out of two sheets of .25in plywood glued together?

Could someone please tell me if it would work out very well? Each .25in sheet of plywood has three layers. That’d probably work,but only if you used a vacuum press to hold it while it dried/cured.clamps just wouldn’t give an … Continue reading

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How do I forecast prices?

Is there a way in excel to analyze data to forecast pricing on a specific item? For example, lets say I buy 1/2" plywood from the same supplier over a two year period of time. I have a record of … Continue reading

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What can I use instead of marine plywood ply?

I am making a small boat. It will be wooden with a fibreglass exterior. Will normal ply be ok for this job. What do I need to do to the interior and do i need to do anything before I … Continue reading

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The tooling behind creating curved plywood veneer

Burns Wood Products uses RFS presses with side pressure to create curved plywood veneers. Duration : 0:5:56

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Wood Shelf low cost easy 2X4 construction

Shop Shelf any mechanic can build ! This is low foot print ,high load shelf for heavy auto parts that can be adapted to many uses. I used 2X4X10 uprights to hold eight…..8 foot long shelves. The center between uprights … Continue reading

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5/8″ CDX Plywood Room Corner Fire Test Commentary (no Plywood on ceiling, no Retardant in plywood)

Schroeder Fire Inc. test burn. www.schroederfire.com 5/8″ CDX Plywood Room Corner Fire Test Commentary (no Plywood on the ceiling, no Fire Retardant in the plywood); Ignition source: 50 wax paper Dixie CupsĀ© and 200 paper napkins in a plastic trash … Continue reading

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Metroid Mother Brain Super Console

Metroid inspired bar top arcade machine. Plywood exterior (24″H x 24″D x 18″W) houses AMD 64X2 4800 CPU, 2GB Ram, EVGA 7800GTX, Soundblaster eXremeMusic and Logitech R-20 w/ subwoofer. Samsung 17″ lcd. 2 Yate Loon fans mounted on top and … Continue reading

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