But the question was not 20 percent of 5000, it was 20 percent of 5000 â¦ percent. So the answer is 1000 percent. And that, in turn, gives the correct answer of 10.
Split boards are easily repaired if you detect the splits before you incorporate them into a piece of furniture. If you notice the split in the wood after you build something, you may have a bigger problem. To avoid the risk of splits, always cut off the last 2 or 3 inches from a piece of lumber before using it.f you notice the split in the wood after you build something, you may have a bigger problem. To avoid the risk of splits, always cut off the last 2 or 3 inches from a piece of lumber before using it.
By BERNARD GLADSTONE. ALTHOUGH plywood is a wood product that is worked much like ordinary lumber-cut, drilled, smoothed and shaped with conventional woodworking tools-it is more prone to splintering than solid lumber when you cut it with an ordinary saw, or when you have to drill holes through it.n drilling holes in plywood, the same precautions can be used-splintering only occurs on the side where the drill bit comes out. So to restrict this to the back side where it will be least noticeable, all you have to do is to start your drilling from the ''face'' side, or good side, of the panel.