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What is the benefit to gluing boards together instead of buying a thicker board?
Why go through with all the hassle of combining two slim boards, and not just purchase and use a thicker 2x4?
Cost
Wood of smaller dimensions can be cheaper, cheap enough that two smaller pieces can ...
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Filling gaps/seams in a new cherry tabletop
This was then glued onto a plywood top.
This isn't what you asked about but you might want to stop right there. You will likely run into problems if you glued solid wood firmly to a dimensionally ...
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Laminating 2" red oak to make 4x4s?
Is there any problem or surprise waiting for me if I laminate the boards in this way?
Not if you glue them together properly, no. Properly here means well-jointed faces on both pieces (flat and ...
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How to make round walls with big radius
Laminate from veneers that are thin enough to bend the radius cold
Solid wood kerfed on the inside face
Steam bent solid wood
But my best bet looking at the style of that piece would be many partial ...
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What advantages do F-style clamps offer for gluing up a thick laminate?
My question is, why use so many F-style clamps rather than just 3-4 parallel bar clamps that would cover the entire surface?
Probably the simplest explanation is to spread the clamping force more ...
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What is the benefit to gluing boards together instead of buying a thicker board?
Wood has a tendency to warp. Depending upon the orientation of the grain in individual boards it can do so in a variety of ways (see an answer to this question for a picture of some of the ways. The ...
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What is a good method for laminating pallet wood/reclaimed lumber?
My plan was to basically put them on a flat surface, glue them up and clamp them together. Obviously this is a rough idea and I am looking for some advice before I glue myself to the floor.
There's ...
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Special considerations for a very large, engraved food serving board
Needs to be food safe, durable and easy to clean. I know that beech is a good material to use as I have a beech chopping board at home, but would it make it even more durable / easy to clean by oiling ...
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Should I orient the cupped sides toward each other when laminating boards?
Honestly if the glue-up is done right I don't think this is going to matter much, or at all.
Following on from the same principle as sprung-jointed edges (where a very slight hollow is deliberately ...
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What is a good method for laminating pallet wood/reclaimed lumber?
The simplest way is to just glue the boards together. Making sure all the pieces are square. You can glue a short piece to a longer piece and then glue the next piece to both of them making it out ...
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Covering particle board to prevent splinters and make easy to wipe
I suppose a professional approach would be to laminate or veneer the particle board (True veneer might not be a good idea if this is a rough use shelf. There are many peel and stick ones. Need to have ...
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Attach fastener into glue joint of two face-glued boards
If the two boards are fully glued, they will act as a single unit and will not affect the strength of the screw connection, so go ahead.
On the other hand, a glued (mortise & tenon) connection ...
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Special considerations for a very large, engraved food serving board
Needs to be food safe, durable and easy to clean. I know that beech is a good material to use as I have a beech chopping board at home, but would it make it even more durable / easy to clean by oiling ...
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Steaming and laminating for basket/carrier handle
Your plan is reasonable. I have made many components for baskets by steam bending relatively thin slats, then glue laminating them together to get thicker, curved and very stiff pieces. I would ...
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How big hole can I drill in edge of plywood?
As I was reading this I was thinking there is nothing wrong with doing this, a 3/4" dowel should be able to be drilled and glued in with no problems. Then I read the part about being the back of ...
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Attach fastener into glue joint of two face-glued boards
I could use a 2x3 or 2x4, but am wondering if I could create the larger piece by gluing two or more smaller boards together as that would be cheaper
This is a good and economical way of making up ...
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Acceptable wood moisture content for epoxy?
I called System Three and they were very helpful - they strongly recommended only epoxying wood that's reached it's equilibrium moisture content and not in any environment where it could be exposed to ...
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Building a Dimensionally Stable Panel Using MDF and Plywood
Are you going to be in an environment with large fluctuations of humidity and temperature, perhaps outside the range of comfortable human habitation?
This is just a gut feeling, based on secondary ...
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Special considerations for a very large, engraved food serving board
A colleague of mine has just come up with a good suggestion so I thought I'd post it as an answer so that anybody looking at this in the future could see it:
Use a pre-made kitchen worktop. You can ...
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Filling gaps/seams in a new cherry tabletop
Depending on the size and how many gaps you have, you could try a Dutchman or Butterfly patch.
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What are my options when laminating wood with butt joints?
One sure way to join end-to-end pieces in a lamination is to use scarf joints (also called scarph joints).
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You can readily cut the joints by making tapered cuts on your table saw by using a ...
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How big hole can I drill in edge of plywood?
Is it feasible to drill into the edge of glued-together plywood like this?
Yes.
Just a note for future readers: this is not a universal yes for all plywood, because of the limitations of some ...
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What are my options when laminating wood with butt joints?
If you offset the places where each layer of laminate butts together -- like a "running bond" in brickwork -- you can distribute the weakness of the butt joints across the piece. Ideally no two of ...
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What are my options when laminating wood with butt joints?
Rather than simply butting the joints, try to lap the ends of connecting boards by cutting the ends on a steep bevel or creating a lap joint. A table saw can get you up to 45 degrees where the angled ...
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Filling gaps/seams in a new cherry tabletop
You could use come CA-glue and a cherry sawdust to fill gaps
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What is a good method for laminating pallet wood/reclaimed lumber?
I'm not sure if you realize, but that's going to be one heavy top, at 1.5" thick x 15" deep x 60" long.
As far as the how, you can do it in sub-assemblies. Basically, build up some smaller 4 or 5 ...
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Laminating Boards For loft Leg
To answer the first part of your question, the glue adhesion should be more than adequate to handle the weight from the 2x6. This is both because the glue is more than strong enough to bind the four ...
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Do I need to laminate both sides of plywood or can I coat one side and laminate the other
Part of the answer depends upon the size of the piece, its thickness, and possibly the number of layers in the panel. I do not know any hard and fast rules for making a determination but here are ...
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How to fix splitting laminated wood piece?
Your best bet would be to see if you can rough up the surface inside with a very thin file, and then apply some wood glue between the layers. Then, clamp the hell out of it and give it a day to cure. ...
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