Plywood Cutting Table

Three 8 foot pieces and four 4 foot pieces.

Plywood cutting table. The grid is made from 1 x 5 pine yes i found 1 x 5 material. This easy to make jig allows me to cut plywood on saw horses without cutting through the saw horses. Now you can totally use a table saw to cut down your plywood sheets. This will help you get cleaner and more accurate cuts when cutting plywood with a circular saw.

While the cross support of the table top still clamped together place one of the saw guide onto the layout line making sure the trimmed line is on the layout line and square to the 2x4 and clamp it down. Most of the time safety dictates setting the blade low but this cuts away the underlying plies first leaving the top face unsupported as the teeth slice through. This happens when the wood exits the cutter and it can sometimes look very ugly. Plywood usually come in 4 x 8 sheets which is a very unwieldy thing to cut with any tool.

Plywood is made of layers of thin sheets of veneer in alternating wood grain directions which increases the strength and stiffness of the final panels while providing superior dimensional. The size makes it difficult to keep the sheet flat on the table or bench and simultaneously tight. For a cleaner cut raise the blade a couple of inches as shown. When cutting plywood on the tablesaw raising the blade height can make a big difference in cut quality.

I have a really nice table saw but i still prefer using a circular saw to cut my sheets down because trying to maneuver a heavy sheet of plywood through a table saw by myself is a struggle. Turned one way i can make cuts across the width of the. The solution for this problem is very simple just use a sacrificial backer. Use two pieces of 2x4 cut off pieces as spacers and place the other saw guide against them with the trimmed side clamp it down as well.

Portable plywood cutting table supports a full sheet of plywood the cutting table consists of two collapsible saw horses spaced about five feet apart with notches cut into the 2 x 6 top rail to accommodate the grid assembly. The backer is just another piece of wood held against the rear edge of the wood being cut.