What type of wood to use for a cutout of a castle for daughter's room?
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What type of wood to use for a cutout of a castle for daughter's room?
Okay, what I want to do is draw a pattern on wood of a castle (Disney type castle) and use a jigsaw to cut it out. As you can imagine, some of the castle tower tops will be a little difficult to cut. I have already done patterns for holidays and such (Winfield Collection) and got to be pretty decent at cutting them out.
However, I had a few cutouts that had the same type of difficult cutting involved and needless to say, the board wasn't cut to my liking because it chipped away around some of the more detailed part of the outline. I used a thick plywood, which I don't know much about wood, but plywood appears to just be layers of thin wood attached to other layers.
So when I go to cut the peaks of the castle, my fear is that (despite me cutting on the line and not having a human error) that the pieces will chip away that I don't want to chip away. If anyone has jigsawed plywood, they should know what I mean. A few of the layers will just chip off as you cut.
Does anyone recommend any other type of wood? This will be sanded and painted, placed on daughter's bedroom wall, when complete. So it doesn't have to be some exterior grade wood.
Any advice would be welcome. Thanks!
However, I had a few cutouts that had the same type of difficult cutting involved and needless to say, the board wasn't cut to my liking because it chipped away around some of the more detailed part of the outline. I used a thick plywood, which I don't know much about wood, but plywood appears to just be layers of thin wood attached to other layers.
So when I go to cut the peaks of the castle, my fear is that (despite me cutting on the line and not having a human error) that the pieces will chip away that I don't want to chip away. If anyone has jigsawed plywood, they should know what I mean. A few of the layers will just chip off as you cut.
Does anyone recommend any other type of wood? This will be sanded and painted, placed on daughter's bedroom wall, when complete. So it doesn't have to be some exterior grade wood.
Any advice would be welcome. Thanks!
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In addition, if your jig saw has the option, set the blade bite to zero. The larger the number the more oscillating the blade will be. Good for rougher cutting, but a bear for plywood.