[ATM] plywood question

[stuart452 at earthlink.net (Stuart Hutchins)]

Hi Ron,

I made cabinetry professionally for several years.  Badly warped plywood
cannot be cured by any thing I tried.

However, no piece of plywood is ever really flat.  Rectangular boxes like
kitchen tend to be "self jigging" because of the shape and the dadoes you
mentioned. If you get lots of glue in the joints and get it together it will
hold it's shape. The secret is clamps. Lots of clamps. Pipe clamps,
F-clamps, C-clamps, band clamps.  Ask an experienced woodworker with a good
shop what his next tool purchase would be.  He is likely to say, "Well, I
could use some more clamps...".

This is what make woodworking such a joy!  By the way, for one project,
another piece of ply is cheaper than four more clamps. Hope it helps.

Stuart

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ina Ron Lippard Renaissance Reproductions" <renrepro@surfglobal.net>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 4:58 AM
Subject: [ATM] plywood question


>
>     I know some of you have more experience with plywood then I.Could
> someone tell me how to keep 1/2" grade-A plywood from warping? The first
> base cabinet for the new kitchen has been a real pain.After cutting up the
> box pieces,they began warping.This made dado and gluing a 3-ring horror
> show with 2 intermissions.Got any ideas?
> regards,Ron
>
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