Many people think that plywood’s biggest enemy is moisture. While there is plenty of reason to believe that, the biggest enemy of wood in general is fungi, so that would have to apply to plywood as well. Allow me to explain. Moisture alone can damage many types of plywood and other engineered wood products by … Read more
The idea of wood palisades is an ancient one, with historic evidence of them going back as far as ancient Greece and Rome. Originally intended to provide security for military camps, those palisades were made of wood stakes, rooted in the ground and tied together. The Greeks made the mistake of using larger diameter poles … Read more
By and large, wood bed frames are more attractive than metal ones. While there are a few styles of metal bed frames which have a headboard and footboard, making them much more attractive, the majority of metal bed frames are merely support for the mattress, without providing any decorative elements. While these can be convenient, … Read more
The plywood we use can be unofficially categorized in a large number of different ways. We who use this engineered wood material categorize it by the type of wood it is made from, what manufacturing technique is used, whether there are any voids in the material or how the surface is finished. But if we … Read more
Plywood and pickup trucks have a longstanding relationship with each other. While the most obvious part of that relationship being plywood riding home from the lumberyard in the back of the trucks, truck owners have used plywood to make a number of modifications to their truck beds, including inserts and caps. Properly done, these can … Read more