Bill Dufour
05-07-2017, 1:17 PM
I am thinking about getting a new set of knives for my shaper to do rail and stile casework. I know construction plywood has changed over the last few years and gotten thinner. So if I want to use 1/4" plywood how thick is that these days. Is it all metric now? what thickness groover do you recommend. When I made my milling machine cabinet I had to raise the edges of the plywood to fit.
I see identical sets sold with either 1/4" or 5.5mm? panel thickness I have no idea which is better and likely to stay useful in the future. For solid wood it does not matter as I can plane or bevel the edges to fit.
The big box stores Label their ply in a weird system rather then metric they use fraction of say #/132's which just confuse the issue.
Bill D
I see identical sets sold with either 1/4" or 5.5mm? panel thickness I have no idea which is better and likely to stay useful in the future. For solid wood it does not matter as I can plane or bevel the edges to fit.
The big box stores Label their ply in a weird system rather then metric they use fraction of say #/132's which just confuse the issue.
Bill D