Posts tagged ‘lamination’

After I was fairly satisfied with my drawing and templates, I started making the bending forms for the legs/stretchers and the arm rests that will be created with bent lamination.  Using my templates, I rough cut the forms in MDF and used a flush trim bit to make them match the template perfectly.  I was out of packing tape, so I used a little Alabama chrome to protect the surface from glue.

I selected a nice plank of cherry from my stock and began to layout my components for the best grain graphics.  Again, the templates are very helpful here.

Next I sliced thin 1/8th inch veneers for the legs/stretchers.  12 layers will get me 1 1/2″ thick.  I marked the stock with a triangle before re-sawing to keep the grain oriented.

I used Old Brown Glue hide glue to glue up the lamination.  The extended open time really helps with these glue ups and I find that the dried glue is not as hard on planer/joiner knives.