Sawing out of plywood - needleworkers share their experience with FORUMHOUSE. What can be made from plywood with a jigsaw

Artistic sawing jigsaw - one of the types of wood processing. For such creativity, it is necessary to have certain skills in working with the instrument, so for beginners this view may seem difficult. But despite this, wood carving with a jigsaw (templates, photos are attached) is an extremely exciting activity. In addition to conventional tools, you can use an electric jigsaw or special tables for bulk carving. This technique is usually used in workshops, and the result from working with it is really amazing, especially if there are high-quality sketches.

Thread types

There are several types of wood carving with a jigsaw, which templates and photos help to get to know better.

relief carving characterized by the fact that the pattern is on the same plane with the base.

Saw thread- the ornament is cut with a jigsaw or a reciprocating saw. The decorative effect is achieved using an openwork mesh. This type of carving is, as it were, a continuation of the flat-relief.

It is the saw thread that is most often done with a jigsaw. This type of woodcarving is most often used when decorating furniture, home facades. The most common pattern is the S-curl with twisted ends. Flora and fauna motifs are also often found.

Slotted carving is usually done with a flat ornament. All its elements are in contact with each other, smoothly flowing one into another. In the technique of this carving, large cuttings of wood are made. An example can be seen in the figures below.

Stages of work

To create a thread with a jigsaw will be required the following materials and tools:

• jigsaw;
• a set of files;
• awl and chisel;
• drill;
• pliers;
• base (wood);
• pattern (drawings are created with its help);
• stencils;
• brush, varnish (if necessary, cover the product with a finish coat).

The threading technology itself implies the following steps:

Step 1. The choice of the main material (thin wooden boards will be good at work).

Step 2. Choosing an ornament. Transferring it to the base with carbon paper and a simple pencil.

Step 3. Making starting holes with a drill.

Step 4. Carving process.

Step 5. Working out small details with an awl or knife.

Step 6 Finishing products.

There are several thread options. Above, flat-relief and sawn threads have already been described.

Performing a flat-relief thread with an indication of the direction of movement of the tool:

Particularly interesting are the large paintings made with a jigsaw using the saw carving technique.

Pargori technique

Another carving technique worthy special attention- pargori technique.

It is performed on a smooth background with the creation of a so-called overhead thread.

Of particular importance is the resulting chiaroscuro. It is she who gives the products carved using this technique a particularly mysterious and interesting look.

Woodcarving is used to decorate various accessories and household items. Patterns for cutting in this case are distinguished by a special grace. Very often, with the help of woodcarving, caskets are decorated with a jigsaw.

Curly cutting plywood(cutting out figures from a sheet of plywoodusing a machine) is popular among decorators and furniture makers. With the help of a sheet of plywood and special equipment, you can create not just a craft decorating a house, but a whole work of art.

Cutting methods (basic techniques)

• machine for curly cutting of plywood - laser equipment;
• ordinary jigsaw (it will also need a set of nail files);
• CNC - milling equipment.

Before you start sawing, using one technology or another, you should know some nuances to consider when working with glued veneer:

1. You should be aware that carving a figure from plywood made from pine / spruce will be much more difficult than from other wood species. This is due to the fact that coniferous varieties due to resins have a viscous structure.
2. It is necessary to cut the glued veneer in the direction of the fiber. If it is necessary to make a transverse cut, then first small cuts are made with a knife, and then they proceed to sawing with the main tool.
3. Before hammering a nail, it is necessary to make holes for it.

Sawing with a jigsaw

Rules:

1. It is necessary to saw only in one vertical plane. The movement of the saw must be carried out "up and down".
2. If you need to make a turn according to the drawing, then turn the workpiece, and not the base.
3. Sawing begins in the inner contour. Then they move on to the outer contour.
4. Periodically, you should cool the nail file (suspend work for 10-15 minutes). Otherwise, it will fall into disrepair.

Note!!! From ancient times to the present, sawing with a jigsaw has been considered an interesting and creative activity.

Laser cutting of plywood sheet

Principle of operation: beam burning along the contour. The main advantages of this technique include:

• it is not necessary to process / file the edges of the figure after cutting;
• high-quality cut;
• size of all parts passed laser processing, identical;
• You can burn a pattern of any complexity.

to disadvantages and possible risk when working with laser equipment include:

• with excess power, plywood can char (despite the fact that the technology provides for a special air supply, there is a risk of fire / charring, albeit a small one);
• the master at the sight of plywood should be able to determine what species the veneer consists of and what glue it is glued with (the type of wood and the type of glue depends on the mode of burning);
• if a beginner works with such equipment, and in the process of burning out the beam “randomly” (due to the inexperience of the operator) hits a knot, then the product will deteriorate.

Before you start cutting plywood with a laser, you need to learn how to work with this type of equipment. How the figure will look depends on experience.

Cutting with a milling machine

To the main benefits this method sawing can be attributed to:

• fast sawing;
• during the process of cutting a figure out of plywood, charring and other unpleasant consequences will not occur (this technique is best for beginners);
• cutting accuracy is the same as when using laser equipment;
• no need to sand the edges.

Price

Listed below are prices for popular brands of domestic plywood cutting machines.

Firm "MULTICUT"

What is plywood carving? This question, perhaps, arose among many novice masters. Plywood carving is an arts and crafts.There are several types of slotted plywood carving:

• openwork;
• cutting out an image on a painted plywood sheet;
• sawing;
• combination (for example, openwork method + sawing).

Where to begin

• A plywood sheet is used as a blank, on the surface of which there should not be any defects. As a rule, first-class and second-class sheets of glued wood veneer are used for these purposes.
• In order to carry out carving with a jigsaw on plywood, use a material whose thickness is in the range of 3-12 millimeters. The size of the glued veneer sheet depends on the image that should be applied to it.

It's important to know! Cut a sheet of glued veneer along the grain, not across. Therefore, the base must be cut in such a way that the lines of the picture are located along the outer layer.

• Before painting the workpiece, it is necessary to clean the plywood with a file. This process should take place along the edge. Otherwise, sheets of glued veneer will begin to crumble.
• With the help of sandpaper (they use fine-grained and coarse-grained), the surface of the sheet is polished, on which the picture will be cut. Begin to process with a fine-grained knife. The result is a smooth surface. After grinding, the base should be wiped with a damp cloth (thus eliminating working dust).
• Used for painting dark tones: blue, grey, black. For this you can use conventional paints: gouache or watercolor. However, over time, such paints fade, so it is recommended to use nitro paint. Such a coloring composition fits well. This composition dries for about half an hour.

Important point! Nitro paint, acrylic dyes and gouache are only suitable for contouring. To apply a shadow picture, it is necessary to cover the base with an aqueous solution.

• After the pattern is cut out, its edges should be carefully sanded with sandpaper.

In order to carry out high-quality carving on plywood, you need to think about the drawings in advance. The selected drawing can be printed on a printer or drawn with your own hands immediately on a plywood sheet. They also make carving with a jigsaw on plywood according to a template.

You can also use calque. Through it, a picture is transferred, which is applied to the workpiece. This method is considered the simplest.

Important! Every novice craftsman must remember that the process of creating plywood carvings with a jigsaw begins with drawings. Carving on plywood with a jigsaw, the drawings and templates of which will correspond to what was planned, will turn out to be the most attractive.

Necessary tools for work

First of all, it is worth noting that the tool for cutting material should be selected from steel. Steel cutters are considered more durable. Drills, pieces of wire, needle files or reamers will do.

It is also worth paying attention to sharpening. The tool must be well sharpened, otherwise the plywood will become unusable.

First, you should make a small hole into which the chips will fall in the process of cutting the material.

To carry out slotted carving on plywood with a jigsaw / laser carving on plywood, you will need flat, semicircular and triangular cutters.

Important! The tool must be set at a 45 degree angle.

So, for work you will need:

• sandpaper(coarse-grained and fine-grained);
• file, brace, jigsaw;
• coloring composition, varnish;
• incisors and swab.

How to make a blank

Before proceeding with the manufacture of the workpiece, it is necessary to prepare workplace. The table on which the workpiece will be made must be durable. If during the work the table accidentally moves or staggers, then all the work will go to the mark. Lighting must be good.

Stages:

1. Clamp the cutter with one hand, hold the blade with the other. In this case, the handle of the tool should rest against the palm of your hand. The little finger on the second hand controls the angle of the blade.
2. In the process of cutting curved lines, the slope is not done. The pressure exerted on the tool must be controlled. This is necessary so that all lines are the same width.
3. After the image has been applied, varnish should be applied in several layers. However, the second coat of bark needs to be applied only after the first coat has completely dried.

If the cut carving on plywood with a jigsaw corresponds to the drawings, then the master did everything right.

Openwork way

Work process:

1. The drawing is applied using a pre-prepared template.
2. Carry out sawing. Then mark the guide holes.
3. Carry out cutting along the inner contour.
4. Using sandpaper, the cut elements are polished.
5. Fix the workpiece securely. Then mark the places where you need to make holes. To do this, use a rotator. If you need to make small holes, use an awl.
6. After the work done, the picture is sawed off along the contour. Then the product is cleaned and polished.
7. Sawing is carried out using an electric or conventional jigsaw.

Sawing

It is worth noting that the work process is practically no different from the previous methods. However, many believe that this method is the simplest and most understandable. Sawing is carried out using a conventional jigsaw or electric.

It is worth noting that at the factories, cutting out elements is performed using a laser.

In order for the cutting to turn out attractive, you must be able to work with a jigsaw.

Process:

1. The selected image is applied to the plywood sheet. A novice master first needs to choose something simpler, where it will not be necessary to cut out internal holes with smooth lines.
2. The workpiece is securely fixed with clamps. If they are not, then you can do without them.
3. The saw should be perpendicular to the plane of the base. You need to cut evenly. The hand should move in the direction of the contour being cut.
4. Using sandpaper, the product is polished. You should also take care of the edges.
5. The product is painted or varnished.

Why is plywood used to create carvings

Currently, such material is actively used not only in the manufacture decorative elements, it is also used in the manufacture of furniture, subfloor, wall decoration, ceiling and more.

This material is chosen for many reasons:

• not afraid of moisture;
• temperature fluctuations negative impact do not render on plywood;
• low cost (unlike solid wood, the price of a plywood sheet is much lower);
• ease of use;
• light weight.

It is also worth noting that for the manufacture of crafts and furniture, where carving will be present, it is necessary to choose first-class or second-rate plywood. The remaining varieties (3.4) are not suitable for such creativity, since there are cracks, chips, knots on the surface.

Finally

If plywood was carved strictly following the instructions, while taking into account all the features of cutting and material, then the result will be a product that will deserve everyone's attention. With the help of such crafts, you can not only decorate the interior, but also present it as a gift.

However, in addition to the fact that as a result you can get beautiful product The process itself is very interesting and exciting.

Wooden handicrafts, lovingly made by craftsmen, have always aroused admiration and were highly valued. Of course, wooden figures, relief carving are crafts that can be mastered by making efforts and honing your skills.
Here you need not only a tool and a teacher (acquiring a tool is not a problem, finding teachers, in principle, too), but also great desire, and given the time pressure of life, it is not always possible to put everything together. But there is also a more "budget" hobby, which requires minimum equipment and not much free time.


This is the so-called flat carving, and a material that is perfect for crafts (example - - a fairly inexpensive thing, and creating hand-made masterpieces is a very simple and useful hobby.

What do we need

Plywood cutting with a jigsaw was once cultivated in schools. Now, given the possibilities of modern industry, openwork lattices or caskets are as easy to purchase as a bottle. mineral water, but a sense of pride from the fact that beautiful thing made by hand, you, alas, will not.
Carving plywood with a jigsaw is not difficult, experience comes quickly. By breaking a few nail files, you will gain the necessary skills to press the canvas.
And to implement all this, you will need three things:

• Jigsaw manual with nail files. An electric one is also possible, but both it and its consumables will cost much more than a manual counterpart and ordinary nail files;
• Clamps, with which you can fix the material to the table (you can, of course, also have a vise, but why do you need a vise in the apartment);
• And directly the material -.

The jigsaw itself, like everything ingenious, is a very simple tool. It consists of a sickle-shaped frame, wooden handle and two screw clamps that hold the nail file in a fixed and taut state. To do this, many nail files have a tension screw on top.
A few words about the nail files themselves. This metal sheets, curved somewhat arcuately with sharp teeth that allow cutting. Figured cutting of plywood with a jigsaw is achieved with narrow blades that allow cutting in almost any direction, as a result of which fancy patterns appear in the material. Nail files come in ten sizes and lengths from 11 to 13 cm.

Getting to know each other better

Interesting to know! The narrower the nail file and the smaller the teeth on it, the thinner and more accurate the cuts are. But, like any medal has two sides, this plus is balanced by a minus: the thinner the saw, the more fragile it is. Therefore, when working with multi-layer plywood, it is recommended to use coarser canvases, and to carry out the adjustment by grinding.

Preparation for work

Drawings for cutting with a jigsaw on plywood can be anything. Very often, only the outline of the product is cut, and the coloring is done by hand. As a result of such actions, the craft has a figured contour and a painted surface.
As an example, you can take the canvas kitchen clock, which can be in the form of a teapot or fruit. And the color accompaniment can be either natural, or vintage, or any style that you like best.
Therefore, before starting work, the following actions are performed:

• The drawing of the planned craft is transferred to the plywood. If this is only a contour, then it is easier to transfer it using a prepared paper template. If you want to reproduce a complex pattern, Arabic script or something exclusive, then you will need pre-prepared stencils, or proven application techniques or carbon paper;
• Correctly insert the nail file into the jigsaw. Jigsaw cutting out of plywood will be convenient and as productive as possible only when the teeth of the saw are looking forward and down. It is elementary to determine both visually and by touch with a finger;
• In addition to a jigsaw for work, they can come in handy screwdriver and drill for wood, with a diameter equal to the thickness of the nail file, sandpaper and a set of needle files, well, a pencil, where without it. Sometimes a sharp knife-cutter and chisels for figured processing of multilayer plywood are mentioned. But if you do not have experience, then start with small and simple tasks that allow you to solve the problem with a minimum of tools;

Pay attention! In the course of work, it may be necessary to cut in a closed circuit. In this case, a hole is first drilled, a nail file is inserted, then it is fixed in a jigsaw, and only after everything is cut. This is how we cut curly closed contours from plywood with a jigsaw.

• Further, the workpiece is rigidly fixed to the table with clamps. In the literature and on many sites that reflect creativity, you will find a mention of the dovetail table. Outwardly, it looks like a stencil of a large clothespin. It is planned that the tail will come out, and the cut will be carried out in the prepared sector, while the clamps will fasten both the table and the workpiece.

Cut out plywood with a jigsaw. We promised you that the skills will come quickly, so be it, here are a few useful advice:

• The sawing process occurs when moving the jigsaw down. The tool itself goes strictly vertically; when moving down, force is given and the nail file moves forward. Any deviation from the vertical axis can lead to web jamming and breakage;
• When working with a jigsaw, you need to learn one rule - the workpiece is rotated, not the jigsaw. At the same time, the steeper the turn, the more careful the movements;
• Cutting out plywood with a jigsaw has its own sequence: first you work on the inner contour, and then the outer one, although variations are possible in this case;
• Any instruction will tell you that you need to monitor the temperature of the web. If the canvas overheats, then it must be allowed to cool, otherwise the issue price is a broken nail file.

Finally

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Slotted wood carving: photos, drawings and sketches

The main key to success in creating interesting gizmos with slotted carvings is the choice of pattern. It is he who conveys the general concept and sets the aesthetic tone for the entire product.

The easiest way for beginners to complete patterns geometric shape as in the photo.

Carved drawings of floral and animalistic themes are classic ornaments for any application.

Inscriptions - modern version application of carving on wood and plywood. At the same time, you are unlikely to be able to find drawings and sketches on the net - they will have to be compiled purely individually for personal requirements for sizes, fonts, words.

Stencils for slotted threads

However, unlike cut-out inscriptions on plywood, drawings with plant, animal and fantasy themes can be found on the net. So feel free to choose your favorite stencils in the album, and there will be enough ideas for creativity for a long time!

Most simple sketches suitable for training at the very beginning of the way of manufacturing products, and can become separate elements complex design. For example, this is how carved houses are decorated.

More complex templates will require some skill and patience, but the result is worth it. Such pictures can serve as an independent product, even a gift.

Whole compositions with an idea and meaning usually serve either as a separate work or form the basis of the work.

Tools for slotted carving: jigsaw or router

However, the choice of drawing is only a third of success. One more important aspect, which must be considered before proceeding with the work itself. Namely, the choice of a tool that will be used for carving wood or plywood.

Equipment depends on:

• how thin the thread will turn out;
• the complexity of the pictures;
• cutting speed;
• accuracy of work.

Therefore, it is important to evaluate all the pros, cons, capabilities and limitations of each of the traditional sawing tools:

Jigsaw - a device for curly cutting out parts. hand tool it is quite laborious to work, but it allows you to very accurately cut out according to the drawing. The power tool allows you to quickly produce figured products from plywood, but requires caution.

A milling cutter is a tool that makes flat relief slotted carvings look thinner and more complete. It is with its help that it turns out to round the edges, remove chips, make gaps, and carry out the most difficult cutting.

Theoretically, a milling cutter can perform the same work as a jigsaw, and even more, but in fact such handling of the tool is fraught with its rapid failure, frequent replacement of the frieze.

Materials for slotted threads

In most cases, plywood is chosen for this type of work - it is uniformly thin, has a pleasant color and structure, and does not lead to further use or storage, unlike solid wood. It is the choice of material that becomes the third pillar of successful work.

The modern market abounds different types materials, so it's easy to get confused. For such work, you should choose:

• plywood FK - harmless to humans and the environment, durable, easy to cut, practical;
• FB plywood is also safe for humans, but resistant to aggressive environments, since it undergoes special processing and receives protective covering, because of which it can cost an order of magnitude more.

Note! Under no circumstances should you choose internal works plywood of the FSF class - it is processed with carcinogenic preservatives and is acceptable for use only on fresh air- they are perfectly lined with a bathhouse or a house outside.

Photo of carved wooden houses

For Russia, slotted carving is of particular importance as a decoration for building facades. Since ancient times, ornaments carved on birch bark and other similar materials have been decorating huts, baths, churches, which is colorfully demonstrated by photographs.

Wood milling video with a manual router

If you just decided to try your hand at figure slotted thread, it would be useful to watch a video with a master class. It will help to better understand how drawings are created, and how such house beauty appears.