Cut Ship Lap From Plywood Sheets

Making shiplap from plywood.

Cut ship lap from plywood sheets.

Mdf casing cut to the width of the wall. I needed 110 square feet. Plywood 1 4 thick cut into 6 strips. Sand the edges and surface of the plywood.

The easiest way to make shiplap from plywood is to have the hardware store cut the large 4 8 foot sheet for you. I bought my plywood from my local lowe s and they are always great about cutting things for me. Measure your wall before you head to pick up your plywood. Alternatively you could keep the 8 foot runs.

If you cut your plywood into 5 7 8 strips you ll use the entire sheet without any waste. And they ripped them down for free. We cut ours at random for a more rustic look to our shiplap accent wall. Large sheets of plywood are dangerous to cut by yourself on a table saw.

A piece of 1 2. I had them cut it for me at home depot so that saved a lot of work. The boards were 22 a piece so my total was around 110. Set your table saw to the desired width and don t forget your safety glasses.

All 8 sheets of them. I had the nice guy at the home improvement store cut a 4 x8 sheet for me and i brought it home all ready to go. We gave the guy a generous tip because it probably was more than they usually cut for free. I asked them to rip it into 6 inch strips.

Diy plywood shiplap plank wall tutorial materials needed. Or you could cut the planks down to 1 3 and 2 3s of the runs for a more patterned look to your plywood shiplap wall. The plywood was 8ft by 4ft so i needed 4 sheets. Get a friend to help hold the plywood as you move it through the saw.

Cut the plywood into 6 strips.