IN modern interior are becoming more widespread natural materials that fit perfectly into the trendy eco-style. Until recently, wood was the undisputed leader among them, but today plywood, which has become a favorite material for designers, is actively pushing it. It is easier to work with it, giving any desired shape, and some simplicity can be compensated by originality. You can learn how to choose a material from the article, and in this collection there are several interesting ideas for those who like to make something useful.
Versatile Storage
As a basis - a sheet of plywood, in the example it is rectangular, but the shape can be anything. If you do for a nursery, you should pick up something themed. You can change not only the shape of the base, but also the number and location of shelves and hooks.
Drilled out at the base through holes, into which wooden pins are inserted, shelves are laid on them, and they are also used as hooks. The following elements were used in the original version:
- Plywood sheet 110x65 cm, 2 cm thick.
- Round wooden pins, 16 cm long.
- Board 1.5 m long, 14 cm wide.
Mounting holes in the sheet are arranged symmetrically, the indent from any edge is 10 cm, between the holes is 15 cm, it turns out 7 rows of 4 fasteners. The diameter of the holes depends on the thickness of the selected shaft minus a millimeter, so that the pin enters more tightly and does not start to “walk” with fluctuations in humidity. The holes are drilled according to the pencil marking, the edges are processed with sandpaper, the edges of the pins after cutting are also cleaned with sandpaper. Fasteners are inserted into the holes by 2 cm so as not to protrude beyond the base. The board is cut into three parts - 2 x 55 cm long and the remaining segment 40 cm, the edges are polished.
Depending on the intended content, the shelves can be fixed to the base and fasteners with wood glue, but then they will be static. And you can simply install and change the location of the shelves and hooks as desired.
Paper stand/holder
From plywood waste, you can assemble an original holder for various receipts, papers and a couple of pencils or pens so that they are always at hand. The decorativeness of this organizer is provided by the curved shape of the elements, and for its manufacture you will need a simple set of tools and a certain sequence of actions.
Preparation
Since the organizer does not require special strength, thin trimmings (4 mm) of any kind of plywood, rectangular in shape, will do. The dimensions of the blanks are arbitrary, let's say a small variation in size, the author of the craft has rectangles with a side within 20 cm. The number of blanks is also not critical, in the presented version there are 16 of them. To remove roughness and develop a pattern, the workpieces are cleaned on both sides with a grinder (P 120).
molding
In order to quickly and easily bend plywood, it must be steamed out, and the best option is a “water bath”. If there is no special device, a pot of boiling water is suitable, in which a colander is placed, workpieces are placed on the edge and covered with a lid. On average, plywood begins to bend well after 4 minutes of steaming, if it does not give in, the time is increased. Since the sheets will be hot, do not take them with your hands. The blanks are removed from the double boiler one by one so that they do not have time to cool before processing.
They bend the workpieces with their hands, taking dry rags from both ends, gently squeezing until an arc is obtained. The radius, like the size, may not match exactly, more or less the same blanks, curved more than the others, are needed on the edges, for the middle part, a very slight bend is enough. When the arc is formed, the workpiece must be held in one position for several minutes so that it cools down a little and fixes in a new shape, after formation, all elements must cool completely.
Assembly
When assembling, the most bent pieces are left for the edges, more even blanks are placed in the middle until a stack is formed.
To drill holes for fasteners, the stack is clamped in clamps and two holes are drilled along the edges.
Two metal threaded studs, lock nuts and washers are used as fasteners. Nuts are screwed onto the studs, washers are put on, the first sheet is strung, two washers and the next sheet are strung on top, the last sheet is fixed with a washer and a nut. To evenly clamp the stack, the washers are twisted from both sides at once (wrenches or adjustable wrenches).
If necessary, the remaining rods are cut off. In a fixed stack, drill lower holes for writing accessories.
To increase the decorativeness of the organizer, before assembling, the blanks can be coated with a colorless or tinted varnish.
Plywood sheet is a multilayer material. It consists of several glued wooden sheets. Beech, pine, birch are used as wood. They have different color shade and structure, therefore, when choosing a type of wood, it is necessary to take into account the features of its processing.
The higher the quality of the material, the easier it is to work with it and the higher the strength of the finished crafts.
Start work only with dried plywood. Under-dried wood can dull or break the blade of cutting tools.
The following woodworking tools may be needed:
- jigsaw;
- drill;
- awl;
- wood burning tool;
- grinding machine.
Finished products are cleaned with sandpaper, varnished or painted with multi-colored paints.
Plywood craft options
Plywood is so versatile that you can create a wide variety of things from it: decorative elements, toys, furniture, souvenirs.
decorative frame
From plywood, you can cut out an ordinary rectangular photo frame, curly details with patterns that you can decorate the interior with.
The process of making carved products is drawing a template on a sheet of plywood, for example, with a pencil, and then cutting out patterned elements.
Finished crafts are cleaned and coated with varnish, paint or other top coat for wooden surfaces.
Dollhouse furniture
In building toy furniture it is important to pre-design the future crafts. It can be drawn on paper or made completely like a real thing in miniature size.
Furniture is sawn with a jigsaw, then processed with sandpaper or grinding machine.
The quality of the material used should be taken into account, do not cover the furniture for toys with toxic substances and carefully treat the surface.
It is best to cover such crafts with varnish or non-toxic paint.
Burning on plywood
A sheet of plywood is an ideal material for burning pictures, patterns and ornaments in different styles.
With the help of this technique, not only individual paintings are created, which are a finished souvenir, but also decoration elements for other crafts, such as furniture, boxes, doors, etc.
Fixtures
Beautiful and cozy lampshades are obtained from plywood, in which lamps with LEDs are used. Compared to conventional electric incandescent bulbs, modern LEDs have no heating elements, making them safe to use in wooden lamps, floor lamps and chandeliers.
The light from such lamps comes in the form of patterned figures, stripes and other original forms- here you can use not only ready-made options but also come up with your own whimsical ideas.
wooden utensils
Such items serve as interior decoration or auxiliary items in the kitchen. For example, teapot coasters, hot dishes, mugs, as well as containers for fruit, bread or eggs. One of the most popular plywood products are and cutting boards. They can be made in any shape and separate for each type of food - meat, fish, fruits and vegetables, etc.
Coat hangers for wardrobes
To create wooden hangers, you just need to draw the contours with a pencil and cut out the finished thing.
Hangers can be decorated with patterns, inscriptions, drawings to your own taste.
Such things will be a great gift, emphasize the individuality of the owner and will ideally fit his style and wardrobe.
It should be noted that they can only be varnished, because. coloring compositions can be erased by daily contact with the fabric.
Hangers with hooks
In order to hang some things on the wall, such as jackets or keys, you can cut a special hanger from a sheet of plywood.
A base is cut out from a single sheet in any shape, hooks are attached to it and the structure is decorated with varnish and additional carved details.
Volumetric sculptures
Products are made from several layers interconnected with glue or inserted into each other.
It can be animal figures, silhouettes of people, and other unusual options.
Furniture for home
Real furniture of any shape and size is created from plywood. Curved furniture, such as chairs, tables, is becoming a popular option.
The plywood sheet is bent after preliminary steaming or making small cuts in the opposite direction from the fold lines.
Plywood is a versatile material that allows you to create not only crafts and toys, but also useful things for the home, household items and many others. interesting products. At the same time, they are unique and give the room a special coziness and style. It is also worth noting the environmental friendliness wooden crafts- thanks to this, they will not go out of fashion for a long time and will remain one of the most popular and classic materials for a long time.
Before making do-it-yourself plywood furniture that can serve long time faithfully, you should study all the physical properties of the material and the rules for its processing.
Plywood is a material that does not require special specific tricks during processing. This material, used in the manufacture of do-it-yourself plywood furniture, has another significant advantage - low cost.
Plywood is a material that does not require special specific tricks during processing.
There are a large number of drawings that allow you to make plywood furniture with your own hands. Such drawings can be easily found on specialized sites that are dedicated to making do-it-yourself plywood furniture, in addition to drawings on such resources, you can see photos of finished furniture from this material and the corresponding description for them.
Very often, plywood is used as a material in the manufacture of furniture intended for placement in a country house or in a children's room.
Such furniture is characterized by ease of manufacture and a high degree of environmental safety which is the reason for its high popularity.
Such furniture is characterized by ease of manufacture and a high degree of environmental safety, which determines its high popularity.
A large number of homeowners are interested in how to make plywood furniture with their own hands. To begin with, you should study the questions of what types of plywood exist and how to work with them.
The production of any kind of plywood is carried out from veneer, which is glued together with glue mixtures during the production of the material. The quality of the material obtained during production depends mainly on the material used. adhesive composition.
The production of any type of plywood is carried out from veneer, which is glued together during the production of the material with adhesive mixtures.
Thanks to the glue, the panel acquires:
- high strength;
- increased mechanical elasticity;
- resistance to moisture;
- high resistance to environmental influences;
- resistance to open fire.
For the manufacture of plywood, domestic manufacturers use veneer made from birch or softwood.
Plywood made from coniferous wood has a beautiful pattern and is used exclusively for the production of furniture. To reduce the cost of the material in production, veneer from hardwood, which is superimposed upper layer softwood veneer.
Plywood made from birch wood has a contrasting structure and is monophonic. When using birch wood, plywood is more expensive.
Important! Birch plywood has a mass more than plywood, in the manufacture of which wood from softwood wood.
Depending on the degree of processing, plywood is divided into 3 categories:
- material that is not subject to grinding - category NSh;
Bending strength of plywood
- material processed on one side - category Ш1;
- material processed on both sides - category Ш2.
There are 6 varieties of plywood, which differ in the composition of the adhesive component used in the production:
- FC is produced using carbamide glue. The material can be used in the production of do-it-yourself children's furniture from plywood for dolls.
- PSF is made using phenolic resins and is used to design furniture items that are used in rooms with high humidity.
Plywood characteristics table
- FOF - a material with a laminated film coating, has a high moisture resistance.
- BV is a type of material that is not used in the design of furniture.
- FBA - a material with a low level of resistance to moisture, is not used in the manufacture of furniture.
- FBS, BS, FB glue or bakelite-based varnish is used in the production.
On a note! From the presence of defects and natural defects in the wood used, the produced material is divided into 5 grades.
The highest quality material is grade E.
Rules for processing material in the manufacture of furniture
To make furniture with your own hands from plywood, before starting operations, you should cut the sheet. When cutting the material, accuracy should be observed, since in the future this parameter can affect the entire furniture assembly process.
For cutting thin plywood a sharp knife is used, a jigsaw is recommended for cutting medium-thick plywood
Simultaneously with the accuracy of cutting, it is required to be careful when cutting and to prevent the formation of chips. The absence of chips increases the design quality of the structure. To carry out the cutting of the material, an electric jigsaw or an electric circular saw is used. To prevent chips from forming front side, when working with a jigsaw, it is required to apply a drawing on the front surface of the material, and when using circular saw the drawing is applied to the wrong side.
In order to completely get rid of the slightest chips, it is required to cut the top sheet of veneer with the help of a shoe knife to the width of the disk or saw of the jigsaw. For the qualitative performance of this operation, the first pass is made without strong pressure as a mark, and then another 2-3 passes are made with a knife with strong pressure.
Cutting and cutting plywood sheets is best done along the grain. With this method of cutting, the smallest number of chips appears when all the requirements of the technological operation are met.
A sharp knife is used to cut thin plywood, an electric jigsaw is recommended for cutting medium-thick plywood, and if thick material is used when assembling furniture, it is recommended to use a special circular saw to cut it.
If, when designing plywood furniture with your own hands, softwood plywood is used, then under fasteners you should put special washers that reduce the negative impact of fasteners on wood, a photo of how to properly install special washers can be viewed on specialized sites dedicated to assembling furniture structures with your own hands.
When designing children's furniture from plywood with your own hands, you should Special attention pay attention to the processing of end elements, this is required to minimize the likelihood of injury during the operation of the product by children.
Features of material processing in the manufacture of kitchen furniture
Designing furniture for furnishing a kitchen space requires care in drawing up drawings and assembling structures.
Do-it-yourself plywood set
When assembling kitchen sets it is recommended to use moisture resistant types of material that have high stability rates. The fact is that the kitchen is a room with a high level of humidity, and this, in turn, can negatively affect plywood.
When designing furniture, it should be taken into account that the kitchen room has a room ventilation system and other engineering Communication, which must be hidden and at the same time must have free access for repair work.
When designing floor cabinets it should be remembered that their height and depth should be calculated taking into account the size of the countertops used in the assembly of furniture.
When calculating the parameters of the side walls, the thickness of the doors used in the construction of the furniture should be taken into account.
When assembling furniture for the kitchen, special attention should be paid to the corner wall cabinets, since the assembly of these elements is fraught with difficulties
When assembling furniture for the kitchen, special attention should be paid to corner wall cabinets, since the assembly of these elements is fraught with difficulties.
You can see in detail how plywood furniture is designed with your own hands on the video, which is easy to find on specialized sites dedicated to the independent creation of furniture.
When designing floor cabinets the best option will use solid thick plywood boards.
Do-it-yourself furniture assembly technology
With the use of plywood, you can make almost any furniture for the home, it can be, for example, a bed or a rocking chair, a closet, both floor and wall.
With the use of plywood, you can make almost any furniture for the home, it can be, for example, a bed or a rocking chair, a closet, both floor and wall
Such furniture is distinguished by originality and originality, which can surprise any person. Furniture made with your own hands from plywood can become the pride of the owner of the home.
To design a bed, you will need to prepare a drawing or sketch indicating the dimensions of all structural elements.
After preparing the sketch, it is necessary to prepare plywood sheet, having a thickness of at least 18 mm, the length of the workpiece should be 3 m and a width of 1.5 m. A sheet 2 m long is cut out of a single sheet. This cut will later play the role of a bottom in the bed structure. After preparing the plywood sheet, which plays the role of the bottom of the bed, the ends of the workpiece should be treated with sandpaper in a quality manner. The remaining cut from the initial workpiece can be used in the manufacture of such a structural element as the head of the bed.
If a sheet that does not have lamination is used in the process of furniture design, then after the assembly of the structure, the head of the bed is covered with stain or paint and left to dry completely.
The construction of the frame base of the bed and its decoration
construction frame base requires careful approach in the implementation of design and assembly. During the design phase, one should accurate calculations design parameters. The bed frame is made of timber. For assembly, you need to prepare 2 pieces, each having a length of 2 m each and 2 pieces of 1.5 m each. In this case, the width of the timber should be taken into account. The bars should be connected to each other using self-tapping screws or nails.
The bed frame is made of timber
The previously prepared bottom of the bed is fixed on the prepared frame. The bottom should be fastened with long bolts. On inside corners the legs of the bed are fixed in the structure. The legs of the bed should be made of timber.
Decorating a bed made of plywood is last step furniture production with their own hands.
The head of the bed should be mounted using long bolts. The headboard can be decorated with a fabric designed for furniture finishing. In addition, the headboard can be finished in any convenient way. If desired, in the finishing process, a fabric is used, under which foam rubber is placed, this approach to finishing the headboard makes it more contoured and embossed.
Designing a plywood rocking chair
More often furniture showrooms offer their customers designs of rocking chairs designed for one person. Fans of independently designing furniture for the home can make this piece of furniture based on two people.
DIY crafts have always been an exquisite home decoration or garden plot. You can make them without outside help. The success of any creative undertaking depends on how serious the preliminary preparation. Preliminary work plan - simple and accessible schemes that can be downloaded at ready-made with an attached product photo or create your own.
Properly drawn up drawings of light plywood crafts can turn the laborious processes of creating items for decorating everyday life into easy and feasible in a matter of hours.
Sawing with a jigsaw from plywood: the specifics of the process
A useful leisure option that is available at any time with a minimum of tools and materials. In order to make a craft you need:
- pre-drawn drawing;
- jigsaw - a tool for cutting material;
- plywood sheet of any size (depending on the right sizes finished product);
- mounting bolts, self-tapping screws, screws, glue (if needed).
Crafts can be for children, in the form of decorations for home and garden, kitchen, landscaping. It is better to work collectively, involving the child as assistants. For him, it will be informative and interesting, crafts in this case become a matter of pride and are placed in a conspicuous place.
A manual jigsaw is a metal frame, curved in the shape of the letter "P". The nail files used in this tool are made of steel, they are very thin and fragile. Therefore, if you plan to make several crafts from plywood in an evening, the number of removable elements should be taken with a margin. Professionals prefer to use a jigsaw - this increases the speed of material processing.
How to make a simple craft drawing
To do this, stock up on a large-format sheet of paper. It doesn't matter if it's thin or cardboard. The drawing is needed in order to attach it to plywood and cut the material along the lines. Schemes can be of two types:
- simple,
- complex.
The first type is a regular drawing applied with a pencil or marker on paper. Complex drawing - scaled image with symbols and marking the dotted lines (the future bend of the craft) and the specified length of the ribs.
Light plywood crafts take a minimum of time and effort, they are accessible even to children. Carbon paper (special paper with a layer of paint applied to one side) will be a good helper in the implementation of the project. It lies directly on plywood, and a drawing is superimposed on top. It is enough to draw once with pressure along the main lines and a clear pattern will appear on the material, according to which you can cut with a jigsaw. In the photo you can see a diagram of an impromptu sun for a summer residence.
Toy car - an exclusive craft for children
If you want to make a plywood craft project in the form of a car using a jigsaw, you can take an example of a finished drawing as a basis. Artistic talents are welcome, in this case light projects are created by yourself. The main thing is to follow the rules and proportions. To make a car craft from plywood, you need to cut it separately:
- 2 wings
- 4 wheels
- bottom,
- hood,
- trunk,
- top.
When creating projects-schemes of plywood crafts that others will make, you need to number each part on paper, attaching a description in which order they will be connected in series. If the drawings and future products go "size to size", follow the correspondence of the sizes, carefully rechecking all calculations. The photo shows an example of a car made of plywood - such a craft will definitely work with proper organization creative process.
Easy crafts for giving: a thoughtful approach
Dacha is a place of rest, which the owners tend to decorate with exclusive handicrafts. If the plans include a makeshift garden, you can create drawings of a well and a stork attached to it. Similar country crafts from plywood to the site can be made anywhere, and due to the minimum weight of the material, the structure is easy to transport out of town.
These are simple products. It is enough to cut out 4 equal-sized sheets from plywood, providing places for fasteners. An artificial stork should match as much as possible appearance birds. It must be drawn on paper and transferred with a carbon paper to a plywood sheet. The finished bird is painted with paints on both sides. These are options for easy crafts for giving, where you do not need to make the product voluminous and use glue or bent elements. You can place such an exquisite decoration in the garden among the abundance of flowers and vegetation.
The presented crafts for giving from plywood in the photo will become an incentive for creativity for a novice gardener, you can borrow ideas or modify them to suit your aesthetic preferences.
Making drawings of products for summer cottages or urban life is not only the lot of professionals, but also an unknown world for novice craftsmen. The process itself does not require significant financial costs and brings a lot of pleasure.
Sawing out of plywood is one of the most exciting and, moreover, useful options leisure! It develops creative skill, accuracy and precision, instills labor skills and helps to master various tools.
As part of our article, we want to introduce you to the technology of sawing out plywood sheets and two simple crafts. All drawings are attached, so if you wish, you can repeat them with your own hands, along with children who will certainly be interested in this process from beginning to end.
General sawing technology + plywood craft ideas
Plywood is a versatile material used in a variety of fields! From it you can create many amazing things, which we will do now. Like any other creative occupation, sawing out of plywood sheets begins with the preparation of tools and material.
A simple set of tools
So, we will need:
- . It is a wooden or metal frame, shaped like the letter "P". At the ends of this frame there are special clamps with screws into which the nail file is fixed.
By the way!
Jigsaw files are thin and narrow steel strips with sharply sharpened teeth on one side.
Alas, they break easily, so it is better to take them with a margin.
Fortunately, the price of these devices is quite low.
- Special key for fixing the saw blade in the jigsaw.
- Three-ply plywood sheets (thinnest)- This best material for cutting something with a jigsaw. But if you do not have a thin one, then you can use thick plywood (from 4 to 9 mm).
- Cutting stand. It can be made independently from a plank about 10 millimeters thick. The stand is located on the table so that the part with the cutout hangs over its edge. You can fix it in the workplace with screws or nails.
- Skin (coarse-grained and fine-grained).
- Awl, files and files.
- Pliers - in case the nail file gets stuck in plywood - it is very convenient to pull it out with them.
- Hacksaw (suddenly you have to).
- Copy paper.
- Several sharpened pencils.
- PVA glue .
- Drawings of the future.
Sawing technology
For convenience, below is step-by-step instruction, in which the process of working with plywood is described in detail:
- First of all, you need to prepare the desktop. Wipe it with a damp cloth to remove small mounds of sawdust and dust. Check if all the tools are in their places. The room where your workplace should always be ventilated and well lit.
- This is followed by the preparation of the most important tool - a jigsaw. To do this, by unscrewing the screws, fix the ends of the nail file in its clamps.
The nail file is inserted so that the direction of its teeth is not inside the frame of the jigsaw, but forward with a downward slope. The slope of the teeth is easily checked - just run your finger over them. An already inserted nail file is tensioned with a few turns of the tension screw.
Important!
The nail file must be pulled tight, otherwise it will not cut well and will quickly break.
In this way, the nail file is fixed precisely in the wooden manual jigsaw. As for the metal tool, here this process is a little different.
First, one end of the nail file is inserted into the lower clamp, then the end of the jigsaw, where the upper clamp is located, rests against the edge of the table. Next, you need to lightly press the handle with your chest so that the frame of the jigsaw is slightly bent and the clamps come closer.
Holding the tool in this position, you need to fix the second end of the nail file in the upper clamp. After that, the jigsaw is released: the frame takes its original shape, the ends with its clamps diverge again and pull the nail file.
- Have you noticed that the surface of the plywood is a little rough, and in some places there are cracks and chips? You need to get rid of them with sandpaper, cleaning all the defects against the fibers. Qualitatively, it should be even, absolutely smooth, silky to the touch and glossy in the light.
After that, check the plywood sheet again - if there are no visible defects, then you can proceed to drawing the drawing.
- A drawing of a future craft is drawn on a piece of paper. Then a suitable piece of plywood is covered with a sheet of carbon paper, a drawing is laid on top, fixed with buttons and outlined with a sharp pencil.
- The plywood with the translated pattern is placed on a stand, and the jigsaw is positioned so that the nail file is in the slot of the stand. Details are cut with up and down movements. The nail file saws only when moving down, at this time it is necessary to slightly press it forward.
Advice! Watch carefully - the nail file should move directly perpendicular to the plywood, without tilting. And when you need to make a turn according to the drawing, then turn the plywood, not the jigsaw.
In the event that there are internal holes on the parts, then cutting should be started from them, and only then proceed to the outer contours. To cut a hole with high quality, make a puncture on its edge with an awl or drill. Next, release one end of the jigsaw file from the clamp, thread it into the puncture made and secure it again with the clamp. After sawing the required hole, remove the nail file in exactly the same way.
Attention!
During operation, the nail file gets very hot and, becoming hot, quickly becomes dull and breaks.
Therefore, periodically cool it by wiping it with a damp cloth or taking a break.
- Clean all sawn parts: holes and edges of deep grooves with a file, the rest of the surface with fine-grained sandpaper.
- Final steps- assembly and gluing crafts with PVA glue. There should not be any difficulties, the main thing is to correctly deal with the drawing.
If desired, you can also paint the product, varnish or burn a beautiful pattern on it. It all depends on your imagination!
Mercedes car model
Try to cut out this simple Mercedes model, which can be the first in your collection of toy cars. Drawings of car crafts made of plywood with a jigsaw will be presented below. When collecting crafts, look at them, or rather at the numbers, according to which the assembly is carried out.
This is done by next rule: part number 1 is attached to another part number 1, two to the second, and so on. If some parts cannot be inserted into the desired grooves, file them, or clean them with needle files. Were you able to assemble the product without any problems? You can safely glue all the details together! 
Animal figurines
Very simple, but, nevertheless, an interesting idea. So, together with your children, you can have fun cutting out various animal figures from plywood. To do this, you only need to cut out four legs and glue them to the body on both sides to give the toy stability. In some cases, stands are made and figures are fixed on them. 
As a result, you can get a whole toy zoo or a plot scene. Believe me, the kids will be delighted with this exciting activity and it won't take much of your time. Then you can ask your wife to help the guys color the new "friends". 
Conclusion
Handmade creation of all kinds of products is always exciting! After all, personal work, time and a piece of creative thought are invested in every detail. Therefore, finished crafts are evaluated as a real work of art and are in the house in the most honorable places. In the presented video in this article you will find additional information on this topic. Creative flight to you!
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