I have the things i consider to become a slight addiction to operating using wood veneers.
If you begin to research the readily available veneers within the market place, this becomes quite tricky for me in order to comprehend any level of resistance to it, that will some individuals include. Maybe it is fear of the unfamiliar.
For some, it could be of which veneered furniture is thought to become inferior to be able to strong wood furnishings. This couldn’t become additional from typically the truth. It might be the reality that many of the woodworking guidelines are invalid intended for making use of this substance. Or possibly the particular price of making an investment in an innovative facet of an currently pricey hobby. Or perhaps perhaps it is the particular idea of acquiring the gear, and finding yourself not using it. Only typically the individual can answer these resistances in order to a new technique of woodworking.
I would like to offer an easy, affordable approach to “test the waters”, to locate out if it is usually for you. Observe I did not say, if your competent of it. You are.
Initially off of some supplies necessary, which are affordable. We could start out using a simple project, which in turn could be used for a quantity involving point, and even of which can be made the decision just after
completing the particular veneering portion.
Making use of a smaller piece involving M. D. Farreneheit., (medium density fiberboard), either 1/ 2 ” or 3 / four inch thick, and whatever size you could have lounging about. Plywood will perform in this too, be is simply not while stable as M. D. F. With regard to those of an individual that are not conscious, there is a good ultra light variation of M. M. F., that weighs about about 50 % that regarding the normal solution. The working qualities are almost identical.
The subsequent thing necessary will be some veneer. Woodcraft and Rockler both sell small
packs regarding *sequence matched veneer. * This kind of implies the pieces within the packs were reduce from
the log, and retained in the order in which they were sliced. This ensures it will have extremely little distinction in the particular grain pattern through one piece in order to the next.
These packs come throughout numerous sizes, and even differ in cost from $ twenty five. 00 to concerning $ 70. 00. 1 factor in order to maintain in thoughts when removing these people from the pack, is to number all of them with a pencil. This will support you hold them inside the similar buy because they have been removed from the log.
The next item in order to acquire would be veneer tape, which is offered inside of varying thicknesses, as well as in a solid, 2 hole, or 3 hole version. Probably the most typical is a medium sized weight, 3 opening tape. This tape have to be moistened and applied to the *face* aspect of the veneer.
Most of my trimming and matching is done within the back side, or stuff side, with the veneer.
Cutting could be accomplished with a table saw, solid wood chisel, veneer found, or scalpel. Any time I reduce
veneer, I usually record at least one side of typically the veneer with azure painters tape, exactly where it is in order to be reduce. In the event that only taping a single side, is it doesn’t back again side. By doing this, typically the tape will assist hold the cutting device from next the grain of the veneer. If that is a challenging veneer, like a burl, I always recording each sides. This specific make chip free of charge joints probable.
If cutting the veneer with a table saw, sandwich the particular pre *taped* veneer amongst 2
parts of plywood, which are screwed collectively. Typically the finest way in order to do this is to be able to make the
plywood longer than the veneer to be cut. Preserve the veneer parallel towards the edge of the particle board. Retain the anchoring screws within the breadth of the finished width of the veneer. (Just to be able to stop through reducing via the screws). Making use of your desk saw, rip a single edge of the particular veneer. Now ” spin ” it around, or flip it more than, and rip the particular other *pre taped* edge.
You now might eliminate the anchoring screws on one particular end of the hdf. Employing your miter
gage, you can square up 1 finish of typically the sandwich. Assuming an individual did tape typically the veneer
prior to placing it in the sandwich.
As soon as that end is cut, spin it around, hold this against the miter gage and remove the screws. It truly is unlikely anything will certainly move in this particular fashion. Now reduce that end. I can do this in significantly less time when compared to the way I could sort it.
Now the particular veneer is free of the hdf. Carefully get rid of typically the blue tape, by pulling it *with* the grain. In the event that you go against the grain, it will chip the edges.
Snap on veneers know have a perfectly uniform pack regarding veneer, which is prepared to get joined. Decide upon the pattern you need. To make a four way book match, open the parts like a book. Typically the four identical sides will be in typically the center of typically the panel.
Now, operating from your back area, line up the ends of two portions. Employing small items of
blue tape, hold the joint tightly with each other, in addition to place the tape across the shared. Pulling on the particular tape will expand it slightly, and when released pull the joint tight collectively. Repeat this specific each 4 inches approximately.
Now change it over in addition to apply the veneer tape in the same style. After you have utilized the veneer tape across the mutual, any piece down the complete span of the mutual. Applying a monitor roller, or veneer roller, or even a soft metal wire brush, work the tape in to the veneer.
Now the actual other two parts the identical way. When you are usually finished this, join the two halves, employing the identical approach. Now, carefully flip it more than and take away the particular blue painters strapping. In no way veneer the substrate with either masking tape or perhaps blue painters recording in the glue.
The next choice being made is typically the glue kind, plus process of attachment the veneer. Inside order to maintain it very simple, we will think about the three most well-liked procedures.
The first would be an urea plant glue. The very best clamping process will be a vacuum cleaner bag.
A further likelihood is a caul, with a platen. The platen applies stress over a greater area. The cauls are spaced uniformly and clamped securely. Be confident to be able to use an item of wax paper amongst the particular veneer as well as the platen, to prevent these people from bonding collectively, must any glue squeeze out ontoyour work.