The glue-up of the curved, corner section of a 1 1/2" thick desk wall (laminate of two, 3/4" thick, birch plywood sections):
As always in these cases, the glue-up was the easy part ... the damn jig was a separate project in itself!
Yep ... 1/8" x 9/16" kerfs, 3/8" apart. Bunches of them.
Did you use enough clamps? ;) Time to buy more clamps!
Looks good. That curved corner section is a nice design touch.
Yep, good ole bendy boards. I had to make a bunch of them on a number of projects.
One memorable project was building some "moon benches". These are an old piece of exercise equipment used by old vaudeville strongmen and other kinds of folks from over a hundred years ago. Long benches up to several feet long in a hemisphere shape. And they had to be strong. So I had to layer two or three of the bendy boards. Did not have to finish them though. the got covered up in upholstery.
That was an interesting project. The "bendyboard" remark brought back a flood of memories. Am I getting old? :(
Interesting. Is that method cheaper than buying bendy ply and laminating it?
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Since you asked:
It was a "change order". When she asked on requesting the change what it would cost to make the corner a curve instead of square, my response: "Somewhere in the $500 to $750 range extra to incorporate the curve, NOT including materials."
Had one left of that type ...
Thanks, Lee ...
Are you sure you weren't remembering bundling boards?
I meant joggling boards. Yeah, that's it.
Looks Terrific! Good Execution and good choice on the old school WeldWood glue. Letme know If I can help with any thing, lifting, moving, delivery....
Those numbers fit in my line of thinking. After all, no serious increase in materials...all money. I like making an honest buck. Getting paid for the skilzz.
"Larry Jaques" wrote
of the half moon bench further down the page.
And the question is: What did you cut the kerfs with? Tablesaw, Festool saw, something else? Did you consider using wigglewood at all?
A jig for the clamping, jig for the kerfs, or both?
OK. Works for me.
Absolutely. My current task was building a wheelchair ramp platform for a shower in a rental house. The guy's a quad so his teensy little supermodel girlfriend has to wheel his 250# of bones up it to and from the shower. It has to be removable so the shower door can close and the shower look like it did when they're gone. There is $200 worth of honest labor in it but only $27 worth of materials. We have tapers, dadoes, and tapered rabbets, all done in pristine plywood and fir. ;)
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Any reason you chose to kerf rather than using bending ply?
Lew
The glue up look easy enough, but getting 15 well trained and synchronized people to do the clamping must have taken some time.
Just a few brads?
Ratcheting Band Clamps ... Rockler has them, but they've gotten expensive the past few years. I paid just North of $30/each a few years back and they're now $50.
Clamping.
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