| Veneer advice (contd) [message #67592] |
Thu, 12 May 2011 19:58  |
Bill Epstein
Messages: 1088
Registered: May 2009
Location: Smoky Mts. USA
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One tantrum, several damage spots and a vow to never round-off a cabinet again later, today's advice is to go ahead and do it but not alone (unless it's one of those little poofter monitors).
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I always use 1/2" dowel rods to separate the veneer from substrate for positioning; it was this step that caused the problems. I thought it would be easier to remove the dowels if positioned longitudinally but I failed to realise that they would roll as the box rolled onto it's side! How dumb is that!
Once I unstuck the unstuckable (which caused the damage you see) and re-positioned the dowels East-West, the Saguaro Guys roll onto the side technique worked stupid easy. No need to push out any lumps or bumps on the roundover save just using the soft pine 2x4 "squeegee" I always do.
Using NBL saves a lot of repair work, first, because the face layer remained mostly intact and, second, an all-wood, matching species 2nd ply means very little filling will be necessary before sanding away all but the memory.
Stay tuned...because no one asked, I'm taking fotos of the entire construction sequence.
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