Cutting plywood with a circular saw 1.
How cut plywood sheets.
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.
The 2x4s will be sacrificed just a bit when the blade passes over them but that won t affect the quality of the cut.
This means you can rip cut a full sheet of plywood.
The best thing you can do to get clean cuts in plywood is to use a.
If you don t have a plywood blade then we recommend that you use an alternating tooth blade atb to ensure a clean cut.
5 ways to get perfect clean cuts in plywood 1.
I get out my tape and pencil and mark exactly where i want the cut s.
Choose the right kind of blade.
The alternative is to cut it into small size using a circular saw.
This shouldn t come as a surprise but the blade that came with your.
Choose a blade with 80 teeth and more to ensure minimum tear out.
The system works well for both rip cuts parallel to the grain and crosscuts perpendicular to the grain.
Set the saw blade to the right depth.
If you do a lot of plywood cutting then we recommend that you buy a blade specially designed for cutting plywood like this 180 teeth irwin plywood blade.
For ripping plywood sheets i use my circular saw with my kreg rip cut guide.
This guide is designed to rip plywood into strips by running the straight edge along the edge of the plywood while the circular saw cuts a certain distance away.
The large size and the weight of plywood also makes it difficult to cut a full sheet directly on the table saw.
Before cutting your plywood adjust your saw blade to the right depth.
Unless the cut is very simple like cutting the sheet in half i usually push my plywood on the cart to the drywall tools area.
The most convenient way to do is is to procure a 1 1 2 inch thick installation about the same size as yours sheet and play it on the floor.
Lay 2x4s under the plywood perpendicular to the direction of the cut.
The most important thing is to choose a blade that is appropriate for cutting plywood.
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.
My favorite part about this panel saw is that you can lock the blade into position on the guide rails rotate the blade 90 degrees and then you can push the plywood through the cut lengthwise sliding it along the support wings.
Zero tolerance for not going zero clearance.
To get a smooth cut on a sheet of plywood you ll need to have the right blade.
Many panel saws are designed to only cross cut a sheet of plywood.
I do not rely on the cut person.
