How-To
A Guide to Bent Laminations: Part III
Part 3 of 3: Laminating veneers with a shopmade vacuum bag
Jul 14, 2006
One method for gluing up laminated plies into a curved furniture part is with a vacuum press. In this video, the third in this three-part series, furniture maker Chris Gochnour details his shopmade vacuum bag and demonstrates how to use it to glue up a bent lamination.
| Part 1: Making a Sturdy Bending Form Learn how to build a sturdy plywood form and shape its curved components with a router template. |
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| Part 2: Resawing Thin Plies from Thick Lumber Produce your own veneers from a single board to create a finished piece that looks like a solid piece of wood. |
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Gary;
Thank you for your video. I am somewhat new to woodworking, so any information that I can get (suck out) about vacuum pressing is a positive take away in building my knowledge base for future projects. Your clear and concise explanation of the how to was greatly appreciated.
Why so complicated
Thanks for the videos. It would also be helpful to see actual preparation of the initial template accurately (and smoothly) to the desired shape.
Ditto for comment 396195.
I am also impressed with the table/writing desk. That is just what I need to check off one from my honey do job list. Any sketches or plans available for that?
To Canguys, the plans for that desk are available in the Taunton Store: https://www.tauntonstore.com/project-plans/curved-front-desk-011259.html
A question I have is about cleaning the inside of the vinyl bag. It seems that there is going to be squeeze out getting on the vinyl. Obviously, you don't want a bunch of glue build up accumulating. So, how do you go about cleaning the inside of the vinyl?
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