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Different wood requires different woodworking strategies - from cutting to finishing. Share your tips and challenges here in the Wood & Lumber Forum.
Durability is excellent and our 4 kids are ruthless; Waste was maybe 5%. The internet said lots of waste, but people who actually used floor from floor and decor (that I personally know) said plan 10% more and you’ll be fine.
This is not unusual when gluing hardwood edging onto the end grain of a hardwood panel. The hardwood panel will expand/contract across the grain and the long grain of the edging won't. Something has to give. That is what breadboard ends prevent. The "good" or "better" methods will work just fine on a plywood panel.
A decent hardwood retailer will have 1/2" thick lumber in a variety of widths. I buy 1/2" thick S4S lumber all the time (hard maple, poplar, red oak, walnut and white oak, in particular). Check around with the lumber yards in your area. - Dark_Lightning
Are there any special considerations in building woodworking pieces (I'm thinking of a dovetailed box) that mixes both softwoods and hardwoods? I'm thinking of making a box out of combination of walnut, cherry, alaskan cedar. Most pieces I've seen are either all hardwood or all softwood. Thanks.
One of my last projects required plugs to cover screw holes in the sides of cabinet carcasses made with Birch ply. I cut the plugs, glued them in, and trimmed with a flush cut saw and they basically matched the birch ply veneer. You obviously could also use maple hardwood edging glued to the sides of the plywood drawers. - NohoGerry
Totally agree with the others on not using a hand held power planer. A floor sander is the way to go-your back and the floors will thank you.
Fine thread drywall screws have a tendency to shear the heads off when driven into hard woods. I wouldn't use them. In softwood, the coarse thread drywall screws are ok. When driving regular wood screws into hardwood, always use a lubricant, like wax and drive without stopping. When you stop, it takes a lot of torque to start the screw again.
It is important to note that the optimal speed and power settings for laser engraving wood will depend on a number of factors, including the type of wood you are using, the thickness of the wood, and the desired depth of the engraving.
I'm very curious what the best hardwood is for making drawer components - sides, back, bottom. I am not interested in plywood options. I am planning on making quite a bit of drawers over the span of 2 kids' rooms over the next couple of years. I'll be using cherry as the primary species. Here's my questions: