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Woodsense Choosing Sheet Goods Discover a Whole Lineup of Wood-Related Options WoodSense Choosing Sheet Goods Discover a whole lineup of wood-related options. By Peter J. Stephano Consultant: Larry Osborn hardwood plywood. Today, though, the forest products industry produces a far greater selection in sheet stock suited to your woodworking and workshop needs, as shown in the chart on the facing page. Note: Not included are sheet materials such as oriented- strand board (OSB), wafer board, and pressure-treated plywood, products primarily designed for building construction. Current technology has enabled sheet goods manufacturers to go far beyond plywood’s multiple layers of glued and pressed, thin-sliced wood. Now sheet goods can incorporate wood chips or pulverized wood powder mixed with additives and adhesives, which are then pressed into sheets having higher-quality outside faces. Ongoing research has also led to products in the works that incorporate other organic as well as inorganic materials in the mix—from stem Lumber comes from a tree the thought of using sheet goods felled by loggers in a forest, as for many of your woodworking fibers such as inner bark, to does the base material for sheet projects. Their strength, chloride,leaf fibers and like polypropylene. hemp, jute, and goods. But that’s all that the stiffness, stability, overall Withflax, to a durablepolyethylene, “skin” polyvinylof natural two have in common, because uniformity, and frequently lower wood or laminate applied all sheet goods, including the cost may offer a more viable to the outer surfaces, these many forms of plywood, are option than solid boards. innovative products expand “engineered” in manufacturing to your options and applications. alter and enhance their natural More choices than ever So consider the product list performance properties for a Traditionally, saying “sheet on these pages as a valuable better end product. That’s why goods” in the same sentence resource for cabinetmaking, you don’t have to weigh heavily with “woodworking” implied storage projects, and shop jigs. 66 woodcraftmagazine.com June 2009 What’s what in woodworking sheet goods Softwood veneers and wood-related goods PRODUCT COMPOSITION SIZES GRADES USES POS. (+) NEG. (-) SOURCES PRICE* Beadboard Options: MDF, pine 4 × 8' and larger No standardized Backsplashes, cabinet No voids, easily Not rigid, Home centers $20 (3/8" interior plywood, machined with sheets, also strip grading backs, doors & drawer machined, durable complete selection may carry pine, grooved “tongue-and-groove” face panels, in 3/16", 3/8", fronts, furniture end indoors, stable, hard to find plywood variety; 1.6" on center) in many bead profiles 1/2" thicknesses panels, wainscoting paintable, stainable online sources Up to $70 for offer restricted special profiles size for shipping. Bendable Allows cross-grain 4 × 8' (and 8 No standardized Main use as base No need to steam Face-veneer Building material $40 (1/4") bending due to × 4') sheets in grading component for bend or kerf to quality varies; not suppliers, some plywood single-sheet faces and 1/8", 1/4", and round-edged achieve tight curves for structural use home centers, veneer plies all in 3/8", thicknesses. cabinets/furniture wood retailers same grain direction Thicker available. Common Shredded waste wood 4 × 8', half, and Industrial grades Utility shop furniture, Stable, cuts easily, Heavy, bends, not M grades from $25 for a 3/4" × and sawdust with quarter sheets M-S, M-1, M-2, fixtures, and cabinets; and paintable; PBU moisture-resistant, builder specialty 49 × 97"sheet particleboard adhesive pressed in 1/4", 1/2", 5/8", M-3 for counters substrates for other widely available fasteners don’t and millwork into sheets 3/4", 1", and 11/8" and shelves; sheet goods and plastic and low-priced grip well suppliers; PBU thicknesses PBU for flooring laminate counters at home centers, underlayment lumberyards Hardboard Fine wood fibers with 4 × 8', half, and Service, Shop jigs and fixtures, Inexpensive, Flexible, easily Home centers $16 (1/8") resins pressed into sheets quarter sheets standard, benchtops, and stable, easy to damaged, and lumberyards tempered) (Masonite) in 1/8" or 1/4" service- wall-hung storage cut, takes paint fasteners don’t thicknesses tempered, hold well, lower tempered, grades not S1S (one side moisture-resistant smooth), S2S (two sides smooth), and perforated in some grades Medium-density Resin/wood fiber mix 4 × 8' and 49 × 97" Industrial Utility cabinets and No voids, easily Heavy, wood Home centers, $35 formed into sheets sheets in 1/4", 3/8", most common furniture, shop jigs and machined edges, screws won’t hold lumberyards fiberboard under pressure 1/2", 5/8", 3/4" and grade; “B” or fixtures, substrate holds glue and sell standard (MDF) 7/8" thicknesses “shop” grades in paints well medium-density; medium-density low-density and lightweight at millwork low-density suppliers Medium- & Resin-saturated paper 4 × 8' sheets Uses softwood Utility cabinets, Durable, stable, Heavy, limited Sign shops, MDO $65, on faces of exterior in 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", plywood grading outdoor projects, water/weather- availability wood specialty HDO $75 high-density overlay softwood plywood; 1/2", 5/8" and 3/4" with “B” or painted projects, shop resistant, exterior stores, some (MDO, HDO) HDO has hardwood thicknesses “Better” face fixtures; HDO for use, machines home centers veneer faces. and back furniture/cabinets & paints easily Melamine A particleboard type Oversize 49 × No standardized Shop cabinet Inexpensive, easy Heavy, edges chip, At home centers $40 with plastic-impregnated 97" sheets in grading carcases and interiors, to clean, comes requires laminate and lumberyards paper fused to each face 1/4", 1/2", 5/8", and fixtures, utility in many colors blade, not (lower-cost grades have 3/4" thicknesses tabletops, shelving and wood-grain moisture-resistant paper simply glued on) patterns Phenolic Softwood plies 4 × 8' and larger First grade A Shop auxiliary tables, Very durable, stable, Expensive, limited Specialty $60 for 1/4" sandwiched with exterior sheets in 1/4", 5/16", both faces, C or fences, jigs, fixtures, smooth, scuff/ availability, edges stores, online 24 × 48" sheet plywood glue between overlays of 3/8", 1/2", 5/8" and above structural heavy-duty furniture water/weather- require treatment, (Woodcraft) phenolic sheets bonded 3/4" thicknesses veneer plies and cabinets resistant, easily not all glues work by heat and pressure machined, holds screws well Softwood Thin softwood veneers in 4×8' sheets in Veneer: A, B, Shop cabinets, Durable, stable, Face veneers often All home centers $32 for AC alternating grain direction 1/4", 5/16", 11/32", 1/2", C, D Grades: substrates, floor strong, stiff, low have patches, and lumberyards to $100+ for plywood laminated under pressure 5/8", 23/32", and 3/4" sheathing and and countertop cost, readily voids in interior offer multiple special veneer thicknesses; Half flooring. Exterior, underlayment, outdoor available, and plies, edges choices face, e.g. sheets available. Exposure 1 & projects (exterior rated) easily finished need attention vertical grain fir 2, interior Approximate cost for 4 × 8' sheet, ¾" thick, unless noted. Photos: Doug Rowan June 2009 woodcraftmagazine.com 67 WoodSense Hardwood face-veneer goods: several core types available PRODUCT COMPOSITION SIZES GRADES USES POS. (+) NEG. (-) SOURCES PRICE* Appleply USA-produced, uses 4 × 8' and 4 × Faces clear with Cabinets, drawer No voids/with Expensive, limited Woodworking $56 1/16" alder and birch plies 120' sheets in 1/4", no patches sides, furniture, shop interior plies, nice availability, special suppliers (such with standard birch 3/8", 1/2", 1", and (Grade B) jigs and fixtures edge, machines and face veneers as Woodcraft), face or other species 11/4" thicknesses. holds fasteners wood specialty well, easily finished stores, and online Baltic & Finnish Many void-free plies of 60 × 60" sheets in No grades, but Cabinets, drawer No voids/with Costly, limited Woodworking $56 per 3/4" × thin birch veneer (Finnish mm thicknesses face veneers sides, furniture, shop interior plies, nice availability except suppliers (such 60 × 60" sheet birch plywood type has exterior glue.) from 1/8" (4mm) rate B or better jigs and fixtures edge, machines and through specialty as Woodcraft), to 3/4" (18mm). holds fasteners wood suppliers wood specialty Micro-thin well, easily finished stores, and online available. Common hardwood Hardwood veneers over 4 × 8' and 2 × 4' AA, A, B, C/D/E, Traditional choice for Costs less than solid Can sand Home centers $60+ (oak), core of softwood or sheets in 1/4", 1/2", and special cabinets, furniture, wood, more stable, through face limited to popular prices range plywood hardwood plies, lumber, and 3/4" common faces; 1, 2, 3, 4 boxes, and more. many species veneers; exposed species; specialty greatly due to or particleboard (see thicknesses; backs; Technical, and face veneer edges require wood suppliers species and below) other in some Type I, Type II matches offered concealment have more face grades. species (for int.) panels (banding); panels choices heavy Composite Center veneer with 4 × 8' and 2 × 4' AA, A, B, C/D/E, Cabinets, tabletops Consistent flatness, Less bending/ Home centers Prices range veneer crossbands and sheets in 1/4", 1/2", and special holds screws well, weight strength limited to popular greatly due to core MDF/particleboard and 3/4" common faces; 1, 2, 3, 4 not as heavy as MDF than other types species; specialty species and under face and back; thicknesses; backs; Technical, or particleboard wood suppliers face grades. second type has OSB or other in some Type I, Type II cores have more waferboard center with species (for int.) panels choices crossband veneers under face and back Lumber Veneer crossband under 4 × 8' and 2 × 4' AA, A, B, C/D/E, Cabinets, desks & Good bending Heavy, imported Home centers Prices range face and back with edge- sheets in 1/4", 1/2", and special tabletops, shelves strength, little sag has thin face limited to popular greatly due to core glued lumber in center and 3/4" common faces; 1, 2, 3, 4 over spans, holds veneer species; specialty species and thicknesses; backs; Technical, screws well wood suppliers face grades.
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