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I've already sheared my veneers to length & width on the Diacro shear
seen in the background. The epoxy, a digital scale and the veneers
are laid out and ready to assemble. I prefer this epoxy when
gluing up veneers because its viscosity is thin enough that it is almost
completely absorbed by the veneers, transforming them from relatively
weak components into a solid lamination. It is critical to get the
ratio exactly right with this epoxy but, as with almost anything, the
attention to detail makes it worth it.
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Here, I am applying the mixed epoxy to one side of the black veneer.
I will also apply it to one side of the bleached white veneer, going
back and forth between each until the veneer will no longer absorb
epoxy.
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Both veneers have reached the saturation point for that side and I have
flipped the white veneer onto the black. I am now applying more
epoxy to the backside of the white to make sure it has absorbed all it
can.
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After applying epoxy to all the veneers, I wrap them in waxed paper.
This makes it easy to align the edges and prevent any glue squeeze-out
that would surely occur when compressed.
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This fully wrapped veneer stack is ready to be pressed.
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This is the bottom of my veneer press. It's simply a 1/2" thick
ground plate with a series of tapped holes which will surround the
stacked veneers. This applies maximum pressure evenly around the
veneers, insuring that the stack will be parallel after the epoxy sets.
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You can see two sets of two veneer stacks ready to be compressed.
I will install the top plate, using the long setscrews as guide pins to
align the two plates & not disturb the wrapped veneers.
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It takes some time to work your way around the 9 bolts as you
progressively tighten them, being careful to avoid over-tightening
something out of sequence. A little attention here will help keep
all the veneer stacks the same size & parallel.
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This will now sit for 24 hours to allow the epoxy to cure nicely.
I bend the protruding edges of the waxed paper up slightly to prevent
any of the glue squeeze-out from leaking all over the place.
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After removal from the press, you can see that there is minimal
squeeze-out. The deep color shows that the epoxy has been nicely
absorbed and fully saturates the veneers. The thickness of the
veneer pack before gluing was .144". After being saturated &
compressed, the thickness is now .135".
On page 2, I will cut the miter in a set of veneers.
On page 3, I assemble the veneers & trim the sides.