Office furniture edgebanding (PVC, T-profile)?

[Ben Jackson]

I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find. I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:

(a manufacturer?)

The T-profile mouldings sold by Outwater Plastics are pretty straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.

I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?

(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)

[Paul Franklin]

Woodworkers hardware

has it (t-edging) and a couple other alternatives, and even Rockler's has it (t-molding)

I've used it on some utility shop stuff. If you need to bend a tight radius, you may have to notch the pronged part in the area of the curve. If you do that, it will bend a tight radius.

HTH,

Paul F.

[Robatoy]

tricks to that stuff. Make sure the slot is not too tight. You don't want the insertion to widen/split the edge. Also, make sure the T-moulding slot is set just a wee bit high, so that the edge peeks out a little bit from the top. 1/64 th if you can get it, 1/32 if you must. But not below the surface. Take a very sharp chisel and trim the excess...the word is SHARP. Approach with the chisel leaned back on the laminate as a guide. Also, make sure the stuff isn't too warm when you cut it to length. Most will shrink a wee bit when cooling. It is always better to be a little bit long.

[Bored Borg]

Never argue with a client with curves

--Sham Shpade

[Pat Barber]

boys have all that and more....

Several others have commented > I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar

[Pat Barber]

I have got to start reading a little better... You wanted T-mold, which FastCap doesn't sell but their edging is quite good and I do recommend that.

For T-Mold, I would go to Hafele:

I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar