How To Edge Plywood – You've been doing it WRONG !
How To Edge Plywood – You've been doing it WRONG !
How To Edge Plywood. In this video Rob shows you the right way to edge plywood with a hardwood banding to make your project look awesome. Rob clears away all the misinformation about how to edge plywood and teaches the right way.
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I guess safety is not his thing. The way he used that table saw is horribly dangerous. I was going to subscribe until I saw that.
Biscuits! Nuff said!😉
thanks 🌷
On the masking tape, that is how the binding is attached to guitars, and while the binding is small, it isn’t flexible relative to every contour of the guitar. Tape gets it done.
The ultimate no clamp method is a rubbed joint, or a hammered joint, using hide glue. There are methods of doing that with regular wood glue.
I can see you have taped a fair share of hockey twigs.
Very informative thanks.
I also note the Parrot on the floor t about 18:58 🙂
Why do you hava an American flag and a Canadian flag on your apron? Are you confused about you loyalties? Or …
Thank you for explaining that. I learned something today about glueing wood together and the way the grain runs. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Have a great day.
Excellent video and timely! Just about to build a library with a bunch of shelves. Quick question, what about using an edge trim router bit to bring the edge banding flush with the plywood? I ask only because I’ll have a lot of shelving. BTW, go Coug’s!
Dual citizenship?
"Why are you charging me 500$ for one self?". "Well i did it with all hand tools, im an artesian."
don’t use your fingers as glue spreaders for CA glue.
Iearned that the hard way.
Excellent handplane skills! I love your experience based advice. If it works, it works!
I’d suggest that the best way to conceal edgebanding is by matching the grain texture and quality. Even more than color, because wood is multicolored, smooth grain transitions fool the eye into thinking it’s all one piece. Look at straightness, texture, and angle, then pick the right shade if you can. It’s tough with rotary cut ply, like these examples, but sometimes you can find plank sawn stock with crazy grain that is a somewhat reasonable match.
As a cabinet maker for 45 years , No saw guard or riving knife is a no no , and yes masking tape is perfect for timber edging thinner than 20 mm I have used it for years ,
I’ve also used the masking tape method with great sucess Only failed when I mistakenly used low tax tape
This was back when you could afford wood.
MDF is rubbish, suitable for jigs and not much else.
I used MDF and hardwood edging for a desktop. I did use dowels for a number of reasons but I understand that they are not absolutely needed.
Great video Rob. Greatly appreciated! 🤠
Luthiors have used masking tape to glue on their bindings for years,. Martin, Gibson all still use masking tape for their binding glueups. Some of the older guys use your favorite glue speeder as well. Cabinet makers and luthiers need many of the same skills.
Great Video Rob! Love the Hockey tape Handles!!!
Great video, as usual. I’m going to be making a dresser with Acacia veneer. I’ll be using 3/4" baltic birch as a substrate. The drawer faces present a challenge because the edges will be visible. I was thinking of bonding 1/4" acacia trim to all the drawer edges, flushing it up to the plywood like you did in the video, and THEN veneer the drawer face over the plywood and edging together. Do you see any issues with this scenario? TIA for any advice you can give me. Thanks for posting. Mark
@2:54 I guess by now you have seen the rather definitive work by Patrick Sullivan (https://youtu.be/m7HxBa9WVis) that proves the exact opposite of your opening comments about gluing end grain. End grain joints are *far stronger* than edge grain. Period.
First time viewer here, another fyi, I lost all respect for you when you put that plane down on its sole. I don’t care and you know in your heart I am right, that you simply never do that. I have worked with idiots who could not read, framing fishing boats on the beach who would chap you in your head for doing that. Maybe not at our age, but you would not have survived apprenticeship. Oh, and to save you experimenting, tape works fine. Chipping a finishing plane blade does not.
My question is as a production finish/ cabinet maker I do often use this however not the tape though Spencer Lewis does @ Inside Carpenter for miter folding . I guess I need to do it because it’s quality as opposed to quantity Rob? Any suggestion for making it faster? (Bad English there sorry) like now I hv about 20 doors (cabinet) and 17 drawers fronts in red oak ply? And it’s going to really set me back! Oh well right?
i like that planer
ROB, Nearly 10 years ago I took one of your 1-day classes covering Plane Restoration and Hand-Cut Dovetails at the Woodcraft Store in Tigard, Oregon. That introduction got me off my duff, and into my shop where I mastered both skills to the point virtually every project is "touched" by one or more hand planes and I knock out "sufficient" hand-cut dovetails for a wide range of projects.. I just want to say you keep getting better, improving your communication skills, and providing USEFUL material both live and here on YouTube. Thanks sir for sharing your skills. It’s often said, those who can’t do, teach. That hooey! In order to teach, you must have mastered the topic. You sir are surly a master of what you teach. May the Lord be with you and yours. From Hillsboro, OR and most sincerely, Steve
So what have I been doing wrong?
thanks rob
Yet again another phenomenal video, thank you Mr. Cosman!
Needle nail it on no tape no clamps just straight production!
This kind of edging is perfect application for a biscuit joiner.
I’ve used iron on edge banding a lot . Never had a problem
You’re the only one doing it correct in history.
Thank you for great tip sir.
Apart from the obvious mistake of laying the plane down on the bench wrong at the start, did anyone learn anything from this?
too much work, here in texas we got 18 ga nailers
Very interesting video. Yours planes are sharpened beautifully, but my woodwork master (from 1959) would have chewed anyone off for putting such a plane sole-side down on the bench. Far better to place side-face down, as you did sometimes. 🙂
Does MDF hold fasteners as well as plywood in your estimation?
Relict….
It’s rather strange, but I happen to like quality plywood end grain.
I use masking tape as well. Works great every time.
THANKS for the detail for attaching the hardwood edge to the plywood. I don’t have that great of a hand plane, but I got some great ideas and understanding of what I need to do to make that great edge…
Great video! Very clear pronunciation, no annoying background music, clear command of the subject matter, clear and easy to follow demonstrations.
Wondering whether MDF core shelving would sag more, less, or the same as hardwood plywood?
Run a strip of masking tape along and up to the lipping. Stretch the the masking tape when applying. Use a block to plane to remove the excess edging. The masking tape will protect the veneer. Cabinet scrape off the remaining edge. Sorted.
"You’ve been doing it wrong"..! Shouldn’t that be "my way of doing it". I would use a tongue, it takes longer, but you get a much stronger result that lines itself up automatically. If you perceive it as time consuming and want to call it unnecessary, then that is your opinion (which you are welcome to have), but calling it "wrong" is… well… WRONG..!
Are you opposed to veneer edge?
Well done. Good visuals and detailed explanations.
mdf very dangerus
Mr. Cosman, excellent video. But how do you know I’ve been doing it wrong?