Carpentry and Woodworking - Routering

I'm buying some 3/4 inch birch ply.....if I router the edges and then stain it, will it look ok????

I would get wood molding edging, and glue/tack it on.
It will look better.
Mike

Mike is right. It's extremely difficult to get a presentable edge on a piece of plywood without covering it. If you want something other than a square edge, applied molding is the answer. For covering the edge as is (square), adhesive veneer strips are available to match the surface woood.

depends on what you are making. We made a stepping stool with cabinet grade birch ply (3/4") and stained the edges. It looks great. We made cabinet with Russian birch and apple-ply, all exposed edges, stained. They look beautiful.

If you want it to look like a piece of solid wood then no. But if you like the striped look on the edges then yes. You may need to fill some voids that may appear after you router the edges.

I've done all three methods - veneer strip, moulding and routing an edge. All three look right in their place.

Hi,
A little helping advice. If you glue make sure that you get any seep-out wiped off. Another thing is to take a scrap of trim and a scrap of plywood and stain them to see what happens. I beleive that birch doesn't absorb stain say like maybe a piece of pine or poplar, and if you decide on staining the edge grain it is going to absorb more than the surface also.
good luck,
trent