PEOPLE…USE SHOP-VAC STORAGE BAGS FOR VENEERING
FleetFarmer
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I keep hearing about people coming up with crazy ways to apply veneer because they don’t want to invest in a vacuum pump and bags for veneering….
Shop Vac Storage bags people use for blankets and cloths and pillows, they come in giant sizes (I’ve used them for dining table tops). Before anyone starts saying “they don’t apply enough pressure” I can tell you for certain that they do.
Super cheap, super effective
As my daughters tella tubby show says “Try it, You’ll like it”
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There's a packet of the tougher ones in my tool cupboard, next to a small steamer double boiler pan & thermometer, a hot-ring cooking pad, a veneer hammer, a cutting mat, a veneer saw, some pearl glue, a .....
I yam tooled-up to larn veneering. I even have a pizza box of large veneer off-cuts to practice with. It all cost less than $200 and needs only a veneer press (which I'll make from scrap) to complete the full range of veneering gubbins with which to try every mode of sticking thin pretty wood slices to summick else.
I even perused a book of Elizabethan swearing, which I will use when things go wrong and I'm covered in sticky glue with a badly veneered box panel stuck to one hand.
Lataxe.
Hi Fleet Farmer,
Really good to know, great suggestion! I love a creative solution that is affordable! Cheers, Layne
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