DIY plywood furniture looks expensive when you get three things right: a hardwood-veneer face where people look, edges that are either cleanly banded or deliberately shown off, and a clear finish that keeps the wood its natural color. The best projects to start with are a Baltic birch side table, an open bookshelf, and a … Read more
For most marine plywood boat floors, 5/8″ works over supports spaced 16 to 19.2 inches apart, and 3/4″ works over supports up to 24 inches apart. Thicker plywood does not save a floor that sits on rotten stringers or wide gaps. Fix the supports first. This guide covers the thickness chart, which grade to buy, … Read more
The best budget basement laundry room shelves are 23/32-inch (3/4-inch nominal) exterior-glue plywood on steel brackets, with a bracket screwed into every wall stud. On a wall framed 16 inches on center, the most common stud layout in the IRC’s wall framing tables, that setup keeps sag low even with full detergent jugs on the … Read more
Affiliate disclosure: ThePlywood.com is reader-supported. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. For walls and roofs on 16- or 24-inch framing, 7/16-inch OSB is the standard choice. For floors, use 23/32-inch tongue-and-groove OSB on 24-inch joists; 19/32-inch rated single-layer flooring covers joists up to 19.2 inches. Below … Read more
Affiliate disclosure: ThePlywood.com is reader-supported. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Links to other retailers are not affiliate links. For most DIYers, the best budget track saw for plywood is the WEN CT1065 paired with WEN’s CT9110 110-inch rail. Together they cost less than many premium track saws alone, … Read more