I saw some oak furniture on the curbside for the trashman, so I stopped to
scavenge.
Most of it was veneered particle board (oh well) but the drawer sides looked
like oak, so I knocked them out and took them home.
At home I saw that all the wood (1/2") thick had five layers, so I presumed
it was plywood. I cut the dovetails off and sanded it up and got thoroughly
confused. There are five layer and they are too regular to be natural, so
it must be plywood; but it sanded up like real wood and takes a close look
to see that it isn't.
It looks like plywood made of 5 layers of oak, but that is silly; why would
they make plywood out of oak. Any idea what I have here? It will be fine
for drawers, but I would like to know what it is.
I also got a nice oak 3 panel mirror my wife wants to put in the dining
room, so it wasn't a total loss.
"toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I saw some oak furniture on the curbside for the trashman, so I stopped to
> scavenge.
Good Job!
> It looks like plywood made of 5 layers of oak, but that is silly; why
would
> they make plywood out of oak. Any idea what I have here? It will be fine
> for drawers, but I would like to know what it is.
I got some of that stuff from a junk desk beside a dumpster. Wish I had
more.
>
> I also got a nice oak 3 panel mirror my wife wants to put in the dining
> room, so it wasn't a total loss.
Don't even suggest a loss. You only gained and the stuff isn't engorging
the landfill.
Larry
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http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
Hi, Toller,
It sounds like DSP - drawer side ply. It used to be quite popular for that
purpose - it was actually a laminate, rather than a ply. I've seen it in
oak, as well - 5 or so oak laminations - all with the grain in the same
direction - glued together to form the material that they made the drawer
sides from. If it was well done, you actually had to inspect it very
closely to determine that it wasn't solid oak. It gave you the benefit of
having a very stable material to work with for hidden parts - like drawer
sides and backs, without the disadvantage of the usual
long-grain-cross-grain plywood appearance. I don't know whether it is still
available, but like you, I've salvaged quite a bit of it over the years, and
it really is terrific stuff for its purpose.
Cheers
Frank
"toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I saw some oak furniture on the curbside for the trashman, so I stopped to
> scavenge.
>
> Most of it was veneered particle board (oh well) but the drawer sides
looked
> like oak, so I knocked them out and took them home.
>
> At home I saw that all the wood (1/2") thick had five layers, so I
presumed
> it was plywood. I cut the dovetails off and sanded it up and got
thoroughly
> confused. There are five layer and they are too regular to be natural, so
> it must be plywood; but it sanded up like real wood and takes a close look
> to see that it isn't.
>
> It looks like plywood made of 5 layers of oak, but that is silly; why
would
> they make plywood out of oak. Any idea what I have here? It will be fine
> for drawers, but I would like to know what it is.
>
> I also got a nice oak 3 panel mirror my wife wants to put in the dining
> room, so it wasn't a total loss.
>
>
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