I have aquired a laminated plywood tube 27.5″ tall x 18′ in diameter, with .25″ thick walls No top, no bottom. I would like to veneer it, have aquired the veneer (7″x29″) and now realize that I am not sure of the best way to proceed. I plan to cut circles from mdf to fit inside the tube, top and bottm, to help keep it’s shape. I have a bag and a vacuum setup but I think that will crush the tube. No experience w/ hide glue. Any opinions on how to best proceed would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jim
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Jim,
Patrick Edwards had a great article on how to easily veneer a cylindar in FWW a few years ago. I'm sure someone here can provide the issue information.
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Jim,
I would give the vacuum press a try. Experiment a little. Place the (unveneered) tube in the press. Suck out (evacuate <g>) some air. Look for the amount of possible deformation. Keep increasing the vacuum till the deformation (if any) seems to be too much. Do not use a caul, so that the bag can come into complete (no pockets) contact with the whole surface of the tube. The best (guaranteed?) method would be to run the bag (it should be more than twice as long as the tube) into the tube. This way it would stick to the interior and exterior wall and completely equalize the pressure. No mdf circles in this arrangement.
If you work with the hide glue, you probably do not need a vacuum press - study Larry's suggestion.
Best wishes,
Metod
tube veneering
you might want to ask this qluestion at
https://www.vacupress.com/forum/forum-view.asp?forumid=3&Bookmark=1&DisplayType=threaded
jerry
I believe that was issue 173. Very interesting article - in fact I found several articles in that issue interesting. I was looking at the fitting a drawer article the other night. (That is how I remember the issue number.) At any rate, Patrick Edwards veneers a column that looks to be about four inches in diameter - probably harder to do than the one you are considering. Check it out.
Chris
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