Hello Everyone, (First time post)
A friend and I worked at our new church, building furniture etc. He made a tabernacle base with plywood and maple veneer. Problem … the front middle panel has a bubble in it (2″wide by10″ long). It is 3/4 of an inch from the seam. Unkown to me at this time, is whether he veneered the back side of the ply or the glue he used. The base cannot be moved (built between two pillars) and the panel is vertical. I have my own idea of how to repair it, but would like to hear some other ideas from fellow woodworkers.
Thanks, Rick
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Not knowing what it was glued with is a shame. Might be a simple treatment by heat, for instance. However, if you inject some yellow glue with a syringe into a few pin sized holes, and invent some means of temporarily holding it down flat for a few hours, the repair will probably be OK.
DR
If it is a heat activated glue such as hide glue or yellow glue, you could just iron it down with a clothes iron, and it would not require clamping. The finish would be likely damaged and it would have to be re-sanded and refinished on that surface. You could insert a small hypodermic needle into the bubble to allow air to escape as you iron, so as not to have to work the bubble all the way to a seam.
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