I am fairly new to woodworking. I just finished a simple nightstand using oak plywood for the top and shelf. When I look at the top and shelf edge it is pretty ugly and grainy, but the picture I used to create the nightstand looks nice. Why does mine look like that? I do not think the creator used veneer and they said they used oak in the article.
That doesn't look like oak on the top in the pictures. It might be oak on the legs. The rest looks like cherry to me. And did they say they used oak plywood, or just oak?
The table in the picture looks like cherry plywood with maple or birch legs, and the edges are "banded" to cover up the plywood edge. Pretty standard construction. Same idea no matter what species of wood used.
When you use plywood like this, plan for a 1/8" - 1/4" strip of wood to be glued to the plywood edges before you assemble the project. Make the strip a little wider than the edge, glue it on using tape to hold it in place, then trim it back using a router with an end bearing bit. Fine tuning can be done with a hand scraper, then finish sanded flush.
Thank you to all who posted a reply, I appreciate your responses.
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