Breaking Down Plywood Sheets

Breaking down a full plywood sheet can be overwhelming but with these simple guides and a circular saw you can have it cut down in minutes so you can move on to building if you d like to check out some other helpful guides and beginner s tips head over to the getting started page for more.

Breaking down plywood sheets.

Use your saw horses or any work bench to support the bulk of the plywood. A full size sheet of plywood is 8 feet long by 4 feet wide which can be difficult for one person to manipulate on a table saw unless you are fortunate enough to have a really large infeed outfeed table setup if your project is small enough you. A diy friend showed me kreg s rip cut tool with a circular saw and i fell in love. What i usually do is set up saw horses or in some cases my infeed table and my outfeed roller stands to support the plywood.

Cutting plywood and breaking down sheet goods is easy when you have the right tools. If you are working in a garage like i am don t bother trying to build a rack for storing 4 x 8 sheet goods. But c mon this is an excuse to whip out your circular saw and go to town. Unless you have plenty of shop space i highly recommend buying only the amount of plywood you need for a project and break it down as soon as you can.

Set up a woodworking shop for under 1000. A great way to initially cut your plywood sheets down to more manageable sizes is to use your circular saw. When i got my first track saw years ago it was an absolute game changer for my trim carpentry work. I normally work with solid wood glueing up the panels to make the sides top and base.

But for those first few years i was really only using the track saw to break down sheets of plywood into their rough parts which i would then run through the tablesaw for final sizing. It will eventually be a large storage cabinet 4 wide x 3 deep x 90 tall with five adjustable shelves inside and raised panel doors. Sure you could politely ask the nice people at the home store to do it.