Posts Tagged ‘ veneer ’
Ok, so I am entering a drum contest. AT www.dfdrumtech.com (drumfoundry’s forum) The shell below is what I am thinking of entering, also I have been making another shell that has blackbutt on the outer plys, this may become the shell not sure yet, what ever looks better with the hoops. Im planning on keeping [ READ MORE ]
Today I finshed off a shell that has been sitting there for a few weeks. I gave it a semi-gloss finish and drilled it up, but yet again i cant seem to get the hoops to go on nicely. I’m not sure what it is, maybe the spacers are too small. I will try to [ READ MORE ]
So i just pulled a 10×8 out of my new 10×10 mould. Its looking ok, but there is an issue with the seams. Hopefully i will have this sorted out soon. Its easy to pull out a drum after 4 ply and then put it back in with the mould so I might start doing [ READ MORE ]
Today I thought I would show a couple of things. First off are the pictures of my flat press that works. Second is some close up of the American Walnut veneer. Also I thought it might be interesting to tell you that I have got some new glue. Its a Polyurethane Glue made in Australia. [ READ MORE ]
I thought I would list a few tips for working with veneer if anyone is having trouble with cutting/gluing veneer. These are a few things I have learnt while working with it all. 1) I Have never needed to use a veneer softener, The flat press will help flatten the veneer. I have read that [ READ MORE ]
OK, so I have got the plys to get press completely flat. What I ended up doing was applying glue to both the Horizontal and vertical leaves of veneer. Then when I clamped the MDF together I put a long 90×35 flat on the top and bottom and clamped to that. The glue was also [ READ MORE ]
I have been looking into why the lamination process isn’t working. SO i tired a few new things the other day. First I reduced the amount of glue dramatically. Secondly i shortened the width of the press boards from about 12″ to 9″ and, Third I alternated the clamp location. It worked a fair bit [ READ MORE ]
So changing the temperature of the laminating environment didn’t have an impact on the laminating process. I found that there were still some pretty big ripples in the veneer. I think it is most likely an issue of not enough clamping pressure/not even pressure OR too much glue/not evenly applied. The lamination where I used [ READ MORE ]
So while I have been making my new mould (which should be finished tomorrow if I get a chance) I have also been playing around with laminating veneer. First of I tried to laminate the plys with a very thin layer of glue. I also clamped for 20 hours and used wax paper. There was [ READ MORE ]
This morning I shaved off some of the top ply to see how the lay up was. Some of the plys ripped as I was shaving it back. I took about 10 samples to make sure everything was working. There was only one place where the plys didn’t bond properly, that was an issue from [ READ MORE ]
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