veneer lamination to blank

General Discussion
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  first post here… and was hoping to get some feedback or experienced tips…  I’m shaping a 6’3" fish  and am  considering a paperbacked veneer laminated to the deck  for both decoration and structure…  i was hoping to only use one layer of 5 oz. glass over the  veneer.

 was going to epoxy the veneer to the blank in a vacuum bag ( woodworking type)  to get good adhesion to the blank. 

 has anyone done this? any tips or advice would be killer.   check the photo… ( the oak veneer is for templating only and was probably going to get fancy with a sheet of zebra wood) 

 

thank you

Cristian 

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dont see a photo

 

I do this all the time

check out some of the other post’s (search)

also the “what are you working on” thread

if you need some pics of the boards Ive done pm me your email address

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new to forums… here  are the photos

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another one

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 is your process  the same as what i was planning to do?    do you use papebacked veneer, or straight from the flitch?  

 do you recess the edges at all?    i’m worried about bubbles under the glass  with the edge of the veneer…

 

 will check the older posts again and the " what are you working on list…

cristian

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Christian

is that the board you shaped, looks nice

one 5 oz would be suficiant over the veneer but will only give you two wraps around the rails

but may I suggest  a 5oz bottom also

cut lap the bottom glass at the wood perimiter

sand the wood edge down to the glass (you may even want to sand off the backing around the perimiter of the veneer before bagging this will help to mate with the glass

You may need to do a double sand coat on the cut lap line

 

OH    is this poly or epoxy?

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   yes will be using epoxy and  to be clear on process :

  1. bag veneer to blank w/epoxy

  2. lam bottom  and cut to wood edge ( sand as needed) 

3 lam top.  

 kinda what i was thinking…  but just wanted to hear it from someone else…  i to was worried about only two layers on the rail… and the tail… maybe two layers on top is good?  adding patches would be a nightmare.

 

cristian 

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read this thread start to finish

by time you get to the end you should understand everything you’ll ever need to know about what you are trying to do. go buy that screen insert tool…

http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1029134

 

timberflex all the way!

good luck

looks nice

 

 

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Hi Cristian

Do what Onelua says.

I've done one with balsa rails and now working on my second.

K

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Cristian

two layers on the deck would be better but maybe step it down to 4oz

if you get a bubble or two along the edge of the veneer a pin line will clean it up

 

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thanks again ken…  am going to crank on it this weekend…  will let you know how it goes. 

 

cristian