How To Square A Sheet Of Plywood

Cross cutting plywood sheets to desired length.

How to square a sheet of plywood.

When cutting down i can get two sides parallel with no problem but have difficulty getting two adjacent sides square. 800 32 25 sheets. Again you could swap step 3 and 4 but i usually rip first then cross cut second. Plywood is a popular choice for residential and light duty construction and is made from thin sheets of veneer that have been peeled from debarked wood.

15 32 cat ps1 09 square structural douglas fir sheathing application as 4 x 8. For example if your roof is 3 000 square feet divide 3 000 by 32. Mark the location of the square s center on the wood sheet with a pencil. I use the festool multi routing template to set the festool track saw square.

If your plywood is moving while you are cutting clamp it onto your saw horses where it won t be in the way of your cutting. These thin layers also called plies are glued together in alternating perpendicular directions to create a cross graining pattern. A 4 8 sheet of plywood is 32 ft 2. For example if the area to be covered in plywood is 800 ft 2 then 25 sheets of plywood will be needed to cover it.

The t square i got from the big box is worst than the sheet of plywood. If the diagonal measures 5 at the 3 mark of a 4 wide sheet of plywood then the corner is square. Divide by the total square footage by the square footage of a sheet of plywood to find the number of sheets required to cover the space. Divide the roof s area by 32 32 is the total area of one sheet of plywood to find this figure.

Now that s how to easily rip cut a plywood sheet but what about cross cuts. This video is a introduction to a short series about testing my panel cutting method with the 5 cut method. Place the framing square with the short leg flush with the sheet s edge and the long leg against the mark. Add an additional 10 for waste and mistakes.

Item 12190 model 154783154783. Not all plywood is exactly 4 wide. I bought two sheets of 3 4 inch birch plywood and soon discovered they were not square.