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RE: How to cut dados for a bookcase? - meackerman - 12-11-2019 (12-11-2019, 12:38 PM)Cooler Wrote: As for dados, I always test fit the dado to the material. Also note that it is not guaranteed that consecutive sheets of plywood, MDF or particle board bought at Lowes or Home Depot are of uniform thickness. which is why a router and jig that references directly off the thickness of the plywood shelf really works well. Course if you then sand the shelf after you cut the dado, the fit won't be as tight. RE: How to cut dados for a bookcase? - mstens - 12-11-2019 (12-11-2019, 09:40 AM)mikefm101 Wrote: Maybe you know this, but If you are using “3/4” plywood” it probably isn’t 3/4” thick despite how it might be marked at the store. ... and this is why I register off of the sheet itself. ![]() measuring just induces error. RE: How to cut dados for a bookcase? - Cooler - 12-11-2019 (12-11-2019, 12:48 PM)meackerman Wrote: which is why a router and jig that references directly off the thickness of the plywood shelf really works well.My point was that all the shelves are best cut from one sheet of flat stock. My concern is not the fit, but that all the shelves are of the same thickness so that the fit is good for all of them. RE: How to cut dados for a bookcase? - meackerman - 12-11-2019 I've found the same sheet isn't always a uniform thickness. So I always check the fit for every piece. |