Popular Post Mick S Posted October 6, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Starting a new project for a bandsawn veneers class. It will be my version of the one Matt Kinney did for FW a while back. Vacuum form Core veneers Mesquite face First time I've tried vacuum veneering - should be interesting! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Awesome! Not too many of these types of journals! I'm looking forward to this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Very cool! Looking forward to this one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mick S Posted October 6, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 It's in the bag! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 This looks to be an interesting Journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elroy Skimms Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Vacuum forming is one of those techniques that I would love to try. Our local Hackerspace has a former but it's not large enough for this kind of work. Can't wait to see the finished results! -E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 This is great, Mick ! Ive wanted to build a bowfront cabinet for a while now but don't have the vac press. I imagine you are using the press where you are taking the class but do you own one? I've been hinting to my wife to get me one for my bday next month. She looked confused and said you don't want the new festool saw lol. Gotta love that woman. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 6 hours ago, shaneymack said: This is great, Mick ! Ive wanted to build a bowfront cabinet for a while now but don't have the vac press. I imagine you are using the press where you are taking the class but do you own one? I've been hinting to my wife to get me one for my bday next month. She looked confused and said you don't want the new festool saw lol. Gotta love that woman. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk I am using the school's press. It's a generous 4 x 8 bag with a good sized pump. I can easily see myself with one once the semester is over. It's a really cool technology and a lot of fun to do. I hear you on the wife. Alison came home from lunch with a friend a last week. First thing she said was, "How much is that sander you want?" Then she showed me the jewelry she got. Hello, Acme tool? I may still have room for a vacuum press from that lunch! Here's the first panel once it came out of the press this morning. This is just the core panel. I'll split it into two doors, then square them and band them before veneering over them with the final veneers, front and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 1 hour ago, micks said: ...before veneering over them with the final veneers, front and back. Curious why two separate glue ups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 19 minutes ago, pkinneb said: Curious why two separate glue ups? Otherwise the edges would look like plywood. In order to have the edges look like solid wood you have to band the core before veneering. The first glue up establishes the curve that gets banded. You don't have to do it that way, but if you don't, the edge banding forms a border, or frame around the veneer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 38 minutes ago, micks said: Otherwise the edges would look like plywood. In order to have the edges look like solid wood you have to band the core before veneering. The first glue up establishes the curve that gets banded. You don't have to do it that way, but if you don't, the edge banding forms a border, or frame around the veneer. Good to know thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mick S Posted October 25, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Progress is coming in fits and starts. I've always preferred cutting dovetails on a table saw. I had to have a TS blade ground to 7 degrees since I have not been able to locate my old one since moving out here. I'm sure it will turn up any day now that I have another. I also made a new dovetailing jig for my miter gauge. I made it double sided since I have to remove it for normal miter operations anyway. Tails on one side and pins on the other. I used the new Micro Jig clamps for the stop - just cut a dovetail slot and slide it in. Love 'em! It's beginning to look like the cabinet it will soon be. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, micks said: Progress is coming in fits and starts. I've always preferred cutting dovetails on a table saw. I had to have a TS blade ground to 7 degrees since I have not been able to locate my old one since moving out here. I'm sure it will turn up any day now that I have another. I also made a new dovetailing jig for my miter gauge. I made it double sided since I have to remove it for normal miter operations anyway. Tails on one side and pins on the other. I used the new Micro Jig clamps for the stop - just cit a dovetail slot and slide it in. Love 'em! It's beginning to look like the cabinet it will soon be. Where did you get a custom ground TS blade? Any sharpening shop do that? I respect guys that do hand cut dovetails but i just don't have patients for that, yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Awesome work Micks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Looks great Micks! I love the wood you used for the sides. Cool DT jig too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Chestnut said: Where did you get a custom ground TS blade? Any sharpening shop do that? I respect guys that do hand cut dovetails but i just don't have patients for that, yet. Yes, most saw shops can do it. You can buy one already ground for dovetails, but no more than the blade will get used you can save money by getting an inexpensive (Diablo is what I have) blade and having a sharpening service do it. My total cost was about $52 for a 10" blade. I've cut plenty by hand, but other woodworkers were the only ones that appreciated them at all. Now I opt for strong and repeatable. First set I ever cut were for a friend who had just bought some enormous Klipsch speakers and wanted to get them up off the carpet. So I made some 2" tall frames for them to sit on using handcut dovetails. You had to lie down on the floor to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 I think that the only time that I'd consider hand cut DTs is if i was doing them for myself. My family appreciates my work but doesn't know the difference. This is a cool idea when i burn out a cheap saw blade I'm going to see if my local guy will do this for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Mick, this project is so awesome! Ive been fantasizing day and night over all the awesome bent lam and veneered projects I can do when I get a veneer press. This thread is feeding that fantasy and might make me get the veneer press sooner than I expected. Great work, buddy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Just now, shaneymack said: Mick, this project is so awesome! Ive been fantasizing day and night over all the awesome bent lam and veneered projects I can do when I get a veneer press. This thread is feeding that fantasy and might make me get the veneer press sooner than I expected. Great work, buddy ! It's a lot of fun. I'm planning to build a desk for our office with curved, veneered drawer fronts, stretchers and aprons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 It's a lot of fun. I'm planning to build a desk for our office with curved, veneered drawer fronts, stretchers and aprons. I better get my setup before you start that. I won't be able to handle it lol. Will you be buying a vac press ? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan G Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Looking forward to following along also. Been wanting to try vac press veneering. This makes me want to do it even more. Nice to see this as a journal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 minute ago, shaneymack said: I better get my setup before you start that. I won't be able to handle it lol. Will you be buying a vac press ? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk I'm sure I will sooner than later. For now I'm content with using the school's. I could have sworn I posted these, but I guess it's better late than never. This is the top trimming fixture I used. The curved MDF with the slots is the template for a flush trim bit to square off the top of the core panel before I cut it to length and split it. Loved having Timothy Wimot's MFTC to do this on! I clamped the pieces to my TS sled before splitting them and cutting to length. Then edge banded the core. And finally veneered the core with mesquite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Well that is some expert work Micks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, mat60 said: Well that is some expert work Micks. Thanks! I love learning new techniques and processes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Real nice work Micks. Seeing some out of the ordinary work on this project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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