The first is the one woodworkers use to glue together planks of wood to form a wide surface for a.
Best glue for bent wood lamination.
The finish spec is high density plastic laminate.
I need to make a bent lamination for these faces that are 17 wide and range from 12 to 9 tall.
I realize there are other choices out there and i m not locked in to these two choices.
Any help on this subject would be great.
It is also prone to glue creep a phenomenon in which the cured glue creeps out of the laminations over time resulting in unsightly raised glue lines.
With domestic wood laminations the simplest and least visible glue is pva polyvinyl acetate yellow glue.
Pictured left you can see a closeup of one of the rockers on my maloof inspired rocker.
Epoxy urea resin resorcinol and polyurethane are all good choices for bent laminations.
The concept is actually pretty simple.
10 layers 1 8 at about 5 radius after the glue had cured for 24 hours on the form the parts were laid aside for at least a week.
Types of glue for laminating.
Yellow glue sets soft and fast.
So your best bet with heavilyt curved parts is to either steam bed the material to shape or do a bent lamination.
Bending wood part ii bent lamination.
The term laminating wood can be used to refer to three different procedures and the one that is good for one operation isn t necessarily suitable for others.
Because bent laminations are under constant stress they require glue that sets hard.
The term laminating can apply to three different procedures.
Of these four glues urea resin and resorcinol achieve the most rigid glue line when cured.
If you are using yellow glue this does not leave a lot of time.
Standard wood glue is not the best choice for bent laminations.
What would be the best wood to use on this bending project.
The wood used was hard maple one of the more difficult from both the glue adhesion and bending stiffness.
I have found that a mix of 1 part water to 4 parts glue spreads quick.
Quite a while back i did a series of glue tests on bent laminations.
A couple of glues that seem to be good choices for bent lamination are pro glue unibond 800.
The drawer faces for the desk need to fallow the same curve as the desktop.
You might want to read a separate article on types of glue for laminating and choose the best glue for each procedure.
Unfortunately it is not particularly rigid and does not have much open time.
Then put against the original form.
What is the best glue for laminating wood.
This is a perfect example of a situation where bent lamination is a good choice.
The glue lines from jumping out.
Bending wood part ii bent lamination.
Adding a maximum of 8 powdered cornstarch by volume makes the glue more rigid and controls springback.
While resorcinol has a.
