I am going to bid on a bar for a hotel lobby. The front is to be curvered frame and panel. The only idea I come up with is to laminate the top and bottom rails to form the curve. It is to be made of Cherry. They don’t want flat panels that have the edges beveled to follow the radius, with hard points where the panels meet. Anyother suggestions that would make is easier and quicker to form the front?
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Don't under bid the curved stuff
What is the radius? Laminating four layers of 3/16" resawn cherry to make 3/4" will work for most radii over 3 feet. Make your form a little tighter than the finished radius to allow for "springback".
If the panels are flat, just make them out of 1/4 or 1/8" cherry veneer plywood laminated on a curved form. If they want curved raised panels it will be a lot more work.
I don't know what your skill level is.
Bret
I have done laminating on some boat building, curved trim, and radius top door jambs. The job I am quoting has a budget, and time constraint. In the last meeting, after explaining the process and time involved, and the associated costs, they opted for a series of flat panels. Has to be in place for New Year's Eve, so they have to make concessions. Should get the approval Wednesday.
Your work on the compound curved door piece is quite impressive.
Thanks for the input.
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