Hi Everyone, To date I have been experimenting with cuting only MDF on my Lead 1010. Last night I tried to cut plywood with horrible results; terrible top and bottom layer break out, rough cutting edges, etc. I have tried both up and down cut bits and the results are still a mess. Any suggestions? Thanks, Scott
Is the plywood of a suitable grade? The $20/sheet stuff around here is held together barely, and has massive voids flooded with resin. Cutting that results in tears only. The better furniture grade plywood has better lamination and doesnt break up, cuts cleanly
Make sure that the plywood is held down. Use an upcut, but leave some stock to clear with a finishing path. Do the finishing path full depth with a compression (combined up&downcut) bit. Alex.
I've had good results with straight flute bits, sharp is key, and don't cut too much in one go, or chatter will happen. Keep to about 1x of bit diameter for depth of cut. The down cut SharkBite's from Openbuilds are excellent. Compression bit finish pass is great if you can. Pics of your issue could help us see what your problem is. Cheers Gary
