Has anyone tried rounding corners on plywood with a block plane?
Thanks,
Jim
Has anyone tried rounding corners on plywood with a block plane?
Thanks,
Jim
Yes. Be prepared to sharpen a lot. The glue is a real bugger for the blade. Also, the finish it leaves isn’t all that good. You’ll need to sand afterwards.
Warning: heresy will follow
I strongly recommend you to use a power router to create round corner in plywood. It works great... actually in this moment I am using a computer on a table I construct 20+ years ago using plywood and it has all corners rounded by power router.
All the best,
I realize this string is four days old, but I agree with Jim. I guess the creek was down for a few days. I'm glad it's back.
Not a neanderthal solution I know, but a ROS and 120 grit paper make this an easy job.
Jim's or Pat's solutions are what I use depending on which tools are closest at hand. After all, it is just plywood.
Good to remember that there's plywood and then there's good plywood. Using a plane to round corners or to fit edges is tough work, and keeping a sharp edge is essential, but when using first class marine plywood, it goes very well. (Used to be all mahogany plies; today its all okume or all meranti plies; no voids are permitted.) It goes down hill from there.
Fair winds and following seas,
Jim Waldron