Breaking Down Plywood Sheets

I normally work with solid wood glueing up the panels to make the sides top and base.

Breaking down plywood sheets.

When i got my first track saw years ago it was an absolute game changer for my trim carpentry work. A great way to initially cut your plywood sheets down to more manageable sizes is to use your circular saw. No more trying to shove full sheets of plywood through a small job site tablesaw. A diy friend showed me kreg s rip cut tool with a circular saw and i fell in love.

I am gearing up to start another large project. 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. Cutting plywood and breaking down sheet goods is easy when you have the right tools. But c mon this is an excuse to whip out your circular saw and go to town.

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. It will eventually be a large storage cabinet 4 wide x 3 deep x 90 tall with five adjustable shelves inside and raised panel doors. 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. Set up a woodworking shop for under 1000.

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