Here’s a question that has me scratching my head. I want to glue a piece of maple 17 inches wide but only 3mm (1/8″) thick to a flat surface. I could use fifteen thousand small clamps to effectively do the job or try something else.
I have used Mario Rodrigez’s method of applying veneer with an iron (FWW #108) with wonderful results but I wonder if this approach would work with an 1/8″ thick piece. I thought I’d ask if anyone has done this before I end up with an even bigger job of pulling the piece up again.
W Young
Edited 10/27/2002 9:32:35 AM ET by WYOUNG001
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put the iron down and clamp it. Make sure you put a peice on the other side also
W Young,
Curved cauls will spread the pressure of fewer clamps so that the job is not a clamping nightmare.
R
Clamping with cauls will certainly work well. But if you want to know if ironing will work with 1/8" material, just try it. Cut yourself a piece that is maybe 4" square and iron away. If it works on the small piece, it will work on the big one. If you do this experiment, you will have real knowledge about the process.
I too have ironed on veneer with good success, but have never tried the technique with 1/8". I use a vacuum press nowadays.
--Jeff
Couple hundred pounds of sandbags ought to do it.
The Professional Termite
Curved cauls with a piece of ply or mdf to distribute the pressure is what you want as near as I can tell from the limited description. You will probably require q similar piece of 1/8" on the backside or warping will most likely occur. The iron will not work for the obvious reason the heat will not penetrate to the other side in a timely manner to reactivate the previously applied glue to the substrate and veneer and Mario did not invent that technique.
Rick
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