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Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
By:Severne
Date: 4/23/2002, 3:02 pm
In Response To: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood (Patsy)

I put a 45-degree bevel on some of the Okoume panels on my Pygmy. I bought a Stanley block plane for about $20 at Home Depot. Any brand of block plane will work as long as it DOESN’T have an adjustable throat. Drill a 3/16-inch hole in each of the four corners of the base. Then get a chunk of 2 X 4 and cut one edge at 45 degrees. On that slanted surface, cut a groove for the plane blade. Now screw the wood to the plane. You will hold the wood block against the wood panel as you plane. You will have to unsrew and reverse the plane for part of your planing because you always want to cut with the grain on the top layer of the plywood.

Scribe a line on the plywood that matches the thickness of top layers of the plywood. I only cut down to the inside edge of the outer (water side of the panel) layer of plywood. Keeping the wood block flat to the panel, plane till you touch the line. Voila, perfect 45-degree bevel. By the time I got to my second panel, I could do about 15 feet in less than five minutes.

Don’t worry about the holes in the planes. They don’t damage it one iota.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Patsy -- 4/23/2002, 1:33 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Rehd -- 4/23/2002, 10:42 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Patsy -- 4/24/2002, 9:17 am
I heard about an interesting S&G trick recently
Brian Nystrom -- 4/24/2002, 12:27 pm
Re: I heard about an interesting S&G trick recentl
mike allen ---> -- 4/24/2002, 2:17 pm
Re: I heard about an interesting S&G trick recentl
Patsy -- 4/24/2002, 1:27 pm
Re:Planing a bevel
jim kozel -- 4/24/2002, 2:34 pm
Re:Planing a bevel
Patsy -- 4/24/2002, 3:12 pm
Re:Planing a bevel
jim kozel -- 4/24/2002, 4:02 pm
Re:Planing a bevel
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/24/2002, 10:52 pm
Re:Planing a bevel
jim kozel -- 4/25/2002, 1:32 pm
Re:Planing a bevel
Patsy -- 4/24/2002, 4:17 pm
playing games
mike allen ---> -- 4/24/2002, 3:04 pm
more edge patter
mike allen ---> -- 4/24/2002, 4:26 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Don Lucas -- 4/24/2002, 10:22 am
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
LeeG -- 4/23/2002, 4:04 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Patsy -- 4/23/2002, 4:26 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
LeeG -- 4/23/2002, 4:38 pm
Re: S&G: Bevel-Sandpaper?
John B. -- 4/23/2002, 8:25 pm
Re: S&G: Bevel-Sandpaper?
LeeG -- 4/24/2002, 1:05 pm
Re: S&G: Bevel-Sandpaper?
Patsy -- 4/24/2002, 3:16 pm
Re: S&G: Bevel-Sandpaper?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/24/2002, 9:51 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Myrl Tanton -- 4/23/2002, 3:27 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Patsy -- 4/23/2002, 3:39 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Myrl Tanton -- 4/23/2002, 3:59 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Severne -- 4/23/2002, 3:02 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Severne -- 4/23/2002, 8:04 pm
Re: S&G: try again
Severne -- 4/23/2002, 8:08 pm
other fences
mike allen ---> -- 4/24/2002, 6:26 pm
i apologize
mike allen ---> -- 4/24/2002, 7:41 pm
Re: S&G: try again
Patsy -- 4/24/2002, 9:20 am
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Patsy -- 4/23/2002, 3:21 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Chip Sandresky -- 4/23/2002, 2:38 pm
Re: S&G: Beveling edges of plywood
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 4/23/2002, 1:50 pm