Posted by Brian on 10, 2000 at 1:36 PM:
In Reply to: Horrible Time With Woodwork posted by Cupcakus on 10, 2000 at 1:21 PM:
I used 3/4" oak plywood for my panel and the guy at home depot did mess up the edges some when he cut it because their saw blade wasn't fine tooth blade. If you are using a circular saw to cut it, make sure that the surface you want to be nice is facing down since the blade rotated back towards you. That way when the blade goes through, it won't chew it up as much. I used a boring bit to cut all my button holes and i had no problem at all. It didn't chip the oak at all and made very clean cuts. I used a mill machine to drill them though, so maybe the speed that it was set at had something to do with it. As far as the jigsaw, I had no problems with that at all either. Maybe if the jigsaw is not set fast enough, or if the blade is too coarse and not a fine blade again. For all the cutting on oak plywood, I'd recommend using a fine tooth blade in everything where possible. Sorry to hear that it's being that much of a pain. Don't give up though, it's well worth the effort when it's done!
Game on!! Brian
: When I started this, I never thought the wood work would be the toughest part... but so far it is. First I bought hard oak, designed for stairs, it was great material and it was very durable, but it broke 3 of my power tools it was so tough, and it was too thick, my joysticks didn't fit. So I bought 3/4" Oak Plywood, but every tool I use, tears the wood to bits, I used a spiral saw to cut it out and it tore up the edges really bad... I tried a jig saw, but its too hard to cut straight and it caused nearly the same amount of damage. On to the buttons... I used a boring bit, which is probably a bad Idea... should I use a hole saw instead? Plywood is so easy to damage... what tools should I be using? or should I stain and plyurithane it before drilling and cutting?