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Slot-Together Crib Made of ApplePly

Jon Kalish — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:30:12 +0000

This slot-together mini-crib made was made with MDF forms cut on a CNC milling machine. The forms were than used with a hand-held router to cut sturdy ApplePly plywood. Only four stainless steel pins were used in the assembly.

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How-To: Homemade Plywood

Sean Michael Ragan — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:00:14 +0000

Ron Walters makes mechanical clocks with intricate wooden parts. Recently, we linked out to his process for gluing up round wooden blanks with "ideal" grain patterns from which to cut gears to maximize their long-term environmental stability. Ron has also experimented with using traditional plywood for gears, and got interested in making his own because he couldn't find commercial ply having the right color, grain, and quality to suit his taste...

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How-To: Cozy Rok-Bak Chair from Single Sheet of Plywood

Goli Mohammadi — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:30 +0000

What can you make with a single sheet of plywood? Lots of things: a Blue Crab boat, a mini staircase, an 18′ canoe, the list goes on. One of our favorites appeared in MAKE Volume 19: the cozy Rok-Bak chair. Author Larry Cotton asked himself, “Can a chair be comfortable, […]

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Gregg Fleishman’s Plywood Puzzle Chairs

Sean Michael Ragan — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:00:34 +0000

These are are just a few of architect and artist Gregg Fleishman's amazing "panel puzzle" designs. To left, a 2002 chair called Nebula II, and to right, a timeline showing stages in the evolution of his 1979 Lumbarest design, the first prototype of which dates to 1975. Besides furniture, Gregg also designs buildings and model vehicles using a similar body of techniques.

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July is Plywood Month

Sean Michael Ragan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:00:24 +0000

With June behind us, we’re continuing our monthly materials theme in July with “Plywood Month.” Actually, it’s “Plywood Month” only because “Manufactured Wood Panel Month” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But it’s all fair game for this theme: MDF, particleboard, OSB, LVL, PSL, and any other alphabet-soup type panel […]

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