plywood end grain end table

very cool concept, and a very unique look

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neat idea. I like the look.

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The look of plywood is so under rated : ) I built the legs of my workbench out of it. The endgrain finished out nicely.

Looks really cool.

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that looks really good, cool with the glue also

-- - Jei, Rockford IL - When in doubt, spray it with WD-40 and wrap it with duct tape. The details will attend to themselves.

packing peanuts and acetone, eh? very interesting I might want to try that just to say I did. Any suggestions on ratios?

I built a table top with exposed Ply edges after filling the voids and sanding I left the edges w/o finish. Still looks fine years later.

I bet you could sell one of those tables for enough to get you several more sheets of the $18 source material.
good job.

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A guy here in UK made his whole kitchen in this way i will have to look it up and show you some pics i love the idea looks very cool

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It looks too PLY A BLE. LOL a cool Idea and unique design.

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Wow! Thanks everyone!

@ choppertoo … There’s not really a ratio to be had. The polystyrene and acetone don’t really mix. The acetone just dissolves it into a goo. This goo is glue.

@ pommy … YES. I’d love to see it!

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cool table but dont you get dizzy from all the packing peanut fumes and there must be some angry purple elephants out there
Cool idea
and as for the finish a good coat of tung will bring out any natural colour in the wood but its going to be an odd mix because of all the end grain
cant wait to see the rest of the set

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Hey nice job! It’s got a really unique industrial flair to it. Don’t worry about finishing it though, nothing can really harm those factory glues.

I made some end-grain plywood hot pads a few years ago. I just used Minwax Polycrylic.

totally worth the $18 worth of material! I really like the way this turned out. Great job!

Nice reuse of discarded materials for the glue.

I like the design and wonder how it would look if you either kept the top square, or also shaped the shelf edges for matching purposes?

Have you used the glue on other projects too?

Recipe ratio for the glue please?

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very cool, I’m definitely into the idea of using materials differently, or using different materials all together. You might want to check out Cerno Group – http://www.cernogroup.com/products.php – They make some plywood furniture also. None the less, I’m sure you’ll find the tweaks you need to make the project work the way you fully want it to. Nice work!!

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Nice, looks a little like bamboo.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Cool use of materials. I like the concept as well as the idea for the glue.

CtL

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