Plywood is a great material for building cabinets, bookcases and shelves. But exposed edges usually look unfinished unless theyre covered with a layer of wood. While wood veneer tape is one easy ...

Unlike plywood, which may have overlapping knots that undermine its strength, OSB is free of laps, gaps and voids. OSB is available in longer sheets, which minimizes the number of joints that can ...

So began his quest to design and fabricate plywood stools which use no glue for their joints. The Cambridge Makespace (in the UK) turns out to be a perfect environment for this type of project.

The video below tells the tale. While the hammer joint seems mainly aimed at birch plywood, [Jiskar] mentions testing it in other materials, such as bamboo, MDF, and even acrylic, although wood ...