Breaking Down Plywood Sheets

Use your saw horses or any work bench to support the bulk of the plywood.

Breaking down plywood sheets.

I am gearing up to start another large project. A full size sheet of plywood is 8 feet long by 4 feet wide which can be difficult for one person to manipulate on a table saw unless you are fortunate enough to have a really large infeed outfeed table setup if your project is small enough you. Set up a woodworking shop for under 1000. What i usually do is set up saw horses or in some cases my infeed table and my outfeed roller stands to support the plywood.

Breaking down a full plywood sheet can be overwhelming but with these simple guides and a circular saw you can have it cut down in minutes so you can move on to building if you d like to check out some other helpful guides and beginner s tips head over to the getting started page for more. How to break down a full sheet of plywood. If you are working in a garage like i am don t bother trying to build a rack for storing 4 x 8 sheet goods. I normally work with solid wood glueing up the panels to make the sides top and base.

When i got my first track saw years ago it was an absolute game changer for my trim carpentry work. Sure you could politely ask the nice people at the home store to do it. But for those first few years i was really only using the track saw to break down sheets of plywood into their rough parts which i would then run through the tablesaw for final sizing. But c mon this is an excuse to whip out your circular saw and go to town.

Cutting plywood and breaking down sheet goods is easy when you have the right tools. No more trying to shove full sheets of plywood through a small job site tablesaw. Unless you have plenty of shop space i highly recommend buying only the amount of plywood you need for a project and break it down as soon as you can.