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Pocket hole disaster! What am I doing wrong?
I'm not familiar with that jig but did a quick google search to take a look. Is it this one?
First, you need to set the depth on the jig to the thickness of the board. Measure the thickness, don't ...
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Accidentally ran some plywood flooring parallel to joists on my shed. How big of a deal is it?
Running the 40/20 sheathing with an incorrectly oriented strength axis as you have, the bending stiffness of your floor will be at most (56000#-in²/ft)/(250000#-in²/ft)100% = 22% of the correctly ...
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Will adding another layer of plywood improve shed floor bouncing?
Normal plywood has the wood fibers in its outer plies oriented along the 8 ft length of the plywood. There exists specially marked plywood that defies this convention, but from your photo it's clear ...
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Waterproofing plywood for a tub surround?
Assuming that the 18mm is exterior grade, you can do this provided that you fill in the edges and paint all six sides of the sheet with primer and two coats of paint to get proper color depth. Put a ...
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Loft Beds w/ Desks - Mattress Support?
Plywood:
You want plywood that's sheathing. For 3/4" (or 23/32") it needs a span rating of 48/24. Plywood is what's called "anisotropic," where how you orient it determines its ...
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Gluing laminate to plywood
Addressing the gluing-to-plywood question, once you get the "laminate wood" dried:
If I understand correctly, you want to make an interior door with a plywood core and a laminate wood face.
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