Plywood-Cutting Program: There are several free sites for determining how to cut a sheet of plywood into pieces. The one I use is from OptiCutter. It calculates how to get pieces from...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

There are several free sites for determining how to cut a sheet of plywood into pieces. The one I use is from OptiCutter. It calculates how to get pieces from a sheet with minimal waste. You can even enter the thickness of the saw blade. Then, you can print the resulting diagram. This takes all the guesswork out of planning the cuts.

https://www.opticutter.com/plan2d-edit I

tgreenhaw

Thanks for the tip :-) I built a nice workbench, but spent a fair amount of time figuring out how to optimize the cuts for each of the pieces.

tramsey Loc: Texas

I was at Home Depot yesterday picking up some plumbing supplies and took a look at 3/4 treated plywood. It's all the way down to only about forty bucks a sheet! A few months ago it was over 75 dollars a sheet. I think I'll go back and pick up ten or so and stock up, just in case

Yah right

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

tramsey wrote:

I was at Home Depot yesterday picking up some plumbing supplies and took a look at 3/4 treated plywood. It's all the way down to only about forty bucks a sheet! A few months ago it was over 75 dollars a sheet. I think I'll go back and pick up ten or so and stock up, just in case

Yah right

It's nice to see the prices dropping. Of course, the measurement of 3/4" plywood is about as accurate as the measurement of a 2 x 4. Thinner is better???

Sometimes, you need something is actually 3/4" thick. It's like packages of food getting smaller.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

It is a shrinkage allowance. The saw mills probably always start with green wood that has been soaking in the mill pond for at least 30 days.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

3/4 = 23/32?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DirtFarmer wrote:

3/4 = 23/32?

I think that's what it is. Of course, it's still referred to a 3/4". Asking for 23/32 would sound ridiculous.

srg

jerryc41 wrote:

I think that's what it is. Of course, it's still referred to a 3/4". Asking for 23/32 would sound ridiculous.

Even more ridiculous is asking for it in metric. 🤣

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

jerryc41 wrote:

There are several free sites for determining how to cut a sheet of plywood into pieces. The one I use is from OptiCutter. It calculates how to get pieces from a sheet with minimal waste. You can even enter the thickness of the saw blade. Then, you can print the resulting diagram. This takes all the guesswork out of planning the cuts.

https://www.opticutter.com/plan2d-edit I

Jerry, I tried the link you gave and they immediately want my email address and my password.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

RodeoMan wrote:

Jerry, I tried the link you gave and they immediately want my email address and my password.

You should be able to create an account.

Sorry - The link I sent was my login. Try this - https://www.opticutter.com/

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

jerryc41 wrote:

You should be able to create an account.

Sorry - The link I sent was my login. Try this - https://www.opticutter.com/

Thanks Jerry.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

RodeoMan wrote:

Thanks Jerry.

coullone Loc: Paynesville, Victoria, Australia

srg wrote:

Even more ridiculous is asking for it in metric. 🤣

Not really is called 19mm! and sheet size is 1200 x 1800 (nearly 4 x 6 foot in 0ld measure)
the metric sizes are actual sizes (except when it comes from China when it depends on the whim of the manufacturer and the phase of the moon).