Making Plywood Patterns -- Chevron, Diamonds, Basket Weave, and More!

[Music] Hey everyone, Michael Alm here. So this week I am  working on a revisit of mill project this is the   powdered plywood storage chest that I made for  the rockered plywood challenge a little over a   year ago and this is one of my favorite projects  that I've built on this channel even at the time   that I made it I knew that I was gonna have to  revisit it and try and make some other patterns   so that's what I'm gonna do this week is that  I've got a fresh sheet of plywood over there   and a whole bunch of different design ideas so I  hope you stick around and see what I come up with [Music] okay so I have a panel all glued up and  this is basically the same process as I   did on the original box and basically I've  cut a 45 degree angle here so I'll sand it   on the surface and now I can run it through  the table saw the table saw is set at 1 inch   which is pretty arbitrary you can do 3/4 and  it'll be quicker repeating and then you can   also do like 3 inches and it would be a  much wider w I've also got the original   push stick from the video and that has a 45  degree bevel cut on it with some sandpaper   on the inside and that just helps a grip and  push through evenly as you go through the song all right so you might have noticed when I  was cutting those that some of them split   apart and this happened to me on the last  one as well everyone smile there's there's   a connection that just either absorbed  too much glue or I didn't get enough glue   on there it's not a big deal what I do is I  clamp down a straightedge and then I use some   star bond CA glue I've got a discount code  for this down in the description so you're   gonna go check that out I use wood glue on the  surface first add a little bit of CA glue here   an accelerator on here press those together  the CA glue acts as a clamp and the wood glue   does the lion's share of the work to hold it  together and just like that let's put together see there that's the chevron pattern that I use  on the box and you could stop right there and   it looks awesome this is a great pattern what  I'm going to do is I'm going to take another   step further and these are 1-inch strips so  I'm going to cut one inch strips this way and   then when you flip them you should end up  with a whole series of concentric squares a quick I wanted to thank my patreon supporters  you guys are the best I just launched it about a   month ago and it's so nice to have a bunch  of people on there to show my appreciation   I'm going to send you out the sticker which is  a little piece of my shop that you can put on   your shelf Thanks okay I am working on the second  pattern and this one's gonna look kind of like a   basket weave the idea is that I'm gonna be using  the ends of the pieces of wood so you're gonna   see veneer on the face but that'll get covered  at the end I'm gonna make this pattern three   times in each time I make the powder I'm gonna  take the end one and move it forward so that   the whole pattern sort of transfers around and  then when it glues up it's gonna offset by one okay so I've got three of these panels made  and they are ready to cut into individual   strips I'm going to be cutting them into half inch  strips which is the final thickness of the panel okay so I have the diamond pattern  the chevron pattern and the basket   weave and now I've got a whole bunch of  leftover parts but I'd like to the con   mess around with other patterns so what I'm  going to do is going to take the remainder   of the scraps the individual pieces and  I'm just gonna see what I can make out there you go that is a deep dive into pattern  making and I think I could go even further like   the my favorite ones are actually the ones that  I get at the very end and just made a scrap and   the scrap itself is just gorgeous I cut some on a  45 and they are beautiful so there's just so much   potential here and I'm definitely not done and  speaking of which there will be another video that   comes out where I make these into something if  you haven't subscribed subscribe now and hit that   little bell because that's gonna let you know when  this video will come out also if you guys try this   out let me know I would love to see it hit me up  on Instagram if you if you make an attempt at the   pattern plywood it's super fun and I'm not even  scratching the surface there's way more patterns   you can do with this and just playing around with  a scrap and stuff in it it's it's so interesting   and I think that I'm gonna revisit this multiple  times I definitely want to build a piece of   furniture out of this and a bunch of other things  so anyway hope you guys enjoyed it if you got any   questions ask in the comments down below and  I'll catch you on the next one thanks a lot

Channel: Michael Alm

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Keywords: almfab, michael alm, patterned plywood, plywood, plywood pattern, herringbone pattern plywood, cutting board designs, cutting board patterns, end grain cutting board, woodoworking, birch plywood, pattern making, patterns in wood, woodworking, diy, chevron pattern, chevron, basket weave, zig zag pattern, zig zag, rockler plywood challenge

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Length: 10min 30sec (630 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 30 2019