I am working on some closets, adding some shelving for shoes in the side recesses, etc. (Imagine the leftover space after enclosed vertical ductwork in the closet.) What shelving material would you have used for this (everything painted)? On one side of the closet, shelf dimensions were 15" wide x 14 deep. On the other side, 12" wide x 11 1/4" .
I decided to go with 1/2 birch ply from HD and bought a 4x8 sheet. During the process of making the shelves (nothing square in that closet!), one of the layers began to separate. (Thanks HD!) Maybe that was an omen - telling me something. Should I have gone with different shelf material? What would you have used for that? I thought briefly about MDF, but edges get so "chippy". Thanks.
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Oh, and the main reason I started this topic....I used a brand new Avanti plywood blade for my circular saw, and was still getting the usual tear-out (for the underside). At one point I put the saw down after a cut, and my guard did not retract, so the blade was spinning while lying on the smooth garage floor. Yikes! Anyway, after that, no more tearout! Now I was cutting with some burning, but almost no tearout. I kind of liked it for a job that was going to be painted, so I finished with this newly altered blade. Anybody else experience this?
I decided to go with 1/2 birch ply from HD and bought a 4x8 sheet. During the process of making the shelves (nothing square in that closet!), one of the layers began to separate. (Thanks HD!) Maybe that was an omen - telling me something. Should I have gone with different shelf material? What would you have used for that? I thought briefly about MDF, but edges get so "chippy". Thanks.
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Oh, and the main reason I started this topic....I used a brand new Avanti plywood blade for my circular saw, and was still getting the usual tear-out (for the underside). At one point I put the saw down after a cut, and my guard did not retract, so the blade was spinning while lying on the smooth garage floor. Yikes! Anyway, after that, no more tearout! Now I was cutting with some burning, but almost no tearout. I kind of liked it for a job that was going to be painted, so I finished with this newly altered blade. Anybody else experience this?