File this one under “things that make you go ‘huh’”. Apparently the first piece of plywood was produced in 1905, and there’s a celebration scheduled for later this year to mark the centennial. You can read about that, milestones in the history of plywood, and a bunch of other stuff that you have to really care about plywood to read over here.
Anybody going to the party?
I’ll bring the ice!
The thought of all those happy, smiling lumberjacks dancing around the room brings a tear to my eye. snif
Rather odd, considering that the romans used plywood…and it was in use in the middle ages…
same shit, different era I guess
I just had a good roll picturing the Coliseum under construction, with a facade of 5/8" CDX.
You know the old saying, ‘When in Rome, use 8d nails for sheathing.’
Question:
How much plywood would a plywood chuck chuck, if a plywood chuck could chuck plywood?
you have no idea how difficult that was to type
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Are you asking us to form an opinion?
Why bother to form one?
Too much trouble…let’s just build one on the cheap.
Let me see, what can we use that’s cheap & shoddy…?
The anniversary is duly noted. I may be off the mark, but I feel this is going to help improve my smalltalk ability at parties for the coming year. Something along the lines of “gee, do you know that it is 100 years since plywood was invented” as an opening gambit. I feel a sense of purpose and destiny. Nothing can stop my domination of social gatherings now. ::Evil grin::
I reckon that you didn’t read the “history” section. It mentions previous incarnations but the anniversary they’re celebrating is softwood plywood.
You are sooooo gonna get laid.
As an up and coming woodworker, I appreciate plywood and its enviro conservation, stability and reasonable costs.
When I think of plywood, I think of a stable inner core of layers set in opposite directions for strength and stability, with a fine veneer on the outside for incredible beauty, able to cover large surface areas with beauty.
Think of the woods we use to make furniture, or even decorate a room. When you encounter beautiful wood, chances are it is plywood. Tops of tables are about the only things that are solid wood anymore.
I understand that the forerunner to the Terminator T-1000 model was the Laminator T-111.
Interesting that it came at the same time Mr. Burns flew his “Plywood Pelican” on The Simpsons, apparently a derivative of his “Spruce Moose.”
So what’s your favorite plywood? While I prefer to buy made in America products I have to say that most domestic plywood is shite for anything but house construction. For most of my projects I use baltic birch.
Local home centers have crap.
Columbia products make many species into plywood and you can search them on the web. Search the web, because you’ll find nice stuff.
The best plywoods have MDF cores. Some plywoods have a substantial veneer rather than a thin fragile one. I built a bar with maple and used plywood on the sides.
Maple plywood is some of the most beautiful to me. Cherry ain’t no slouch either.
If it has an MDF core is it plywood? Teh reason I use baltic birch is the veneers are all the same thickness and it has typically twice as many as same thickness fir plywood. Not exactly cheap but worth it for me. I actually chose a full size truck rather than a Dakota beause the 60"x60" sheets would fit in the bed above the fenders while the Dakota’s tailgate was narrower than the sheet.
Just use OSB. Not matter the use.
Why yes, I am having trouble with the building inspector, why do you ask?
Your skin is so smooth and pretty, it reminds me of A faced cabinetry grade. How about you and I go back to my shop, and practice some different joinery techniques? 
Where’s my wiggle board?