Got to do some veneering today, walnut. Used glycerin and water to soften the veneers, took about a week. Used the sunday paper between sheets and clamped the stack down to the assembly table. Changed the paper each night. Worked great.
This is the first that I've used my new press, a commercial one vac-u-press compact 100. About 330$ total cost.
Here's the press in action.
It's a 4'x4' poly bag, and here's the little pump. Surprisingly small but effective.
And finally, the results. This is quarter matched walnut burl veneer that I got from Rockler on close out at 5$ a flitch, backed with some slightly curly walnut veneer also from that sale. A lot of cutting with the veneer saw, and some learning curve. I used titebond cold press veneer glue, and the first panel I was a little heavy on the glue. Had a decent amount of bleed through, hard to totally avoid with burl veneer, but the second panel went much better. Almost no bleed through, just needed to tune in how much glue to use.
There are 2 panels there, they are going into frame and panel doors. I had to quarter match the veneer, as this flitch was pretty small. Not the best results, but not bad either. I need to get a bit of filler colored into 2 or 3 small holes in the veneer, and I'll be ready to go.
This is the first that I've used my new press, a commercial one vac-u-press compact 100. About 330$ total cost.
Here's the press in action.
It's a 4'x4' poly bag, and here's the little pump. Surprisingly small but effective.
And finally, the results. This is quarter matched walnut burl veneer that I got from Rockler on close out at 5$ a flitch, backed with some slightly curly walnut veneer also from that sale. A lot of cutting with the veneer saw, and some learning curve. I used titebond cold press veneer glue, and the first panel I was a little heavy on the glue. Had a decent amount of bleed through, hard to totally avoid with burl veneer, but the second panel went much better. Almost no bleed through, just needed to tune in how much glue to use.
There are 2 panels there, they are going into frame and panel doors. I had to quarter match the veneer, as this flitch was pretty small. Not the best results, but not bad either. I need to get a bit of filler colored into 2 or 3 small holes in the veneer, and I'll be ready to go.
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