Think China.
I always put a strip of masking tape where the cut will go on my = plywood.
If yours is as bad as you suggest, try a strip on both sides of the cut.
Works for me.
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-- "Toller" wrote in message = news:Dtgof.1379$ snipped-for-privacy@news02.roc.ny... | I bought a sheet of 3/4" oak plywood from HD yesterday and had them = cut it=20 | up. The splintering on the edges was horriblel it was bad on both the = top=20 | and bottom. The operator apologized; he said it is just this = particular=20 | plywood that splinters, all the others are fine. | I figured they were just too cheap to replace a dull blade. |=20 | I had them cut it oversized, and when I recut the edges on my TS it=20 | splintered there also. Much much less then it did at HD, but = certainly=20 | worse than any other plywood I have cut. |=20 | I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I am curious if anyone knows = what=20 | could be wrong with this plywood.=20 |=20 |