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CStan Wrote: (03-26-2021, 02:17 PM) -- Super-Soft 2, as somebody else mentioned. -- Thanks CStan - for some reason I didn't get notifications for the messages posted on the 7th and 9th and didn't s...
 criageek Woodworking 16 3,394 03-26-2021, 07:29 PM
  0 Thread: Problems Forming Veneer
Post: RE: Problems Forming Veneer
I finally found a process that worked for me.  But before that I had another failed attempt.  On that attempt I tried using Gorilla glue and found that the veneer is actually porous...when held at a c...
 criageek Woodworking 16 3,394 03-26-2021, 01:28 PM
  0 Thread: Problems Forming Veneer
Post: RE: Problems Forming Veneer
Thanks guys - I appreciate all the input  ;)  I'll let you know what I end of doing.  Before I created this thread I had already cut another piece of veneer and put it in a bucket of water, so it's be...
 criageek Woodworking 16 3,394 03-07-2021, 08:49 AM
  0 Thread: Problems Forming Veneer
Post: RE: Problems Forming Veneer
CEPenworks Wrote: (03-06-2021, 10:53 AM) -- What about the stuff they sell to flatten burls? That has some glycerin in it. You don't need to soak it just wet don the veneer then form it around you fo...
 criageek Woodworking 16 3,394 03-06-2021, 12:27 PM
  0 Thread: Problems Forming Veneer
Post: RE: Problems Forming Veneer
I did as little research on this but then it dawned on me that any method involving heat probably would not work for this.  I print using PLA filament which I believe has a melting point of around 65 ...
 criageek Woodworking 16 3,394 03-06-2021, 10:39 AM
  0 Thread: Problems Forming Veneer
Post: RE: Problems Forming Veneer
jteneyck Wrote: (03-05-2021, 05:01 PM) -- You don't need to soak it in water, you need to heat it like is done making shaker oval boxes.  Look that up, you'll see.  Once you get it formed to the appr...
 criageek Woodworking 16 3,394 03-06-2021, 09:58 AM
  0 Thread: Problems Forming Veneer
Post: Problems Forming Veneer
I restore old radios and one that I'm working on has rounded trim pieces on each side of the front. The one on the right was missing a chunk of veneer and the one on the left was badly twisted.  I ...
 criageek Woodworking 16 3,394 03-05-2021, 03:31 PM
  0 Thread: Repairing Damaged Wood
Post: RE: Repairing Damaged Wood
Thanks BobW!  I appreciate the input  :) I printed a new form that is a slightly tighter fit and slid it all the way on...it's getting close!  I'll print a new one that is an even tighter fit.  Aft...
 criageek Woodworking 8 4,852 08-05-2018, 01:12 PM
  0 Thread: Repairing Damaged Wood
Post: RE: Repairing Damaged Wood
Thanks for all the great input guys!  It feels to me that the wood will break if I try to force it into place, that's why I thought I would need to soften it. Bob W - I intend to remove the metal b...
 criageek Woodworking 8 4,852 08-05-2018, 08:47 AM
  0 Thread: Repairing Damaged Wood
Post: Repairing Damaged Wood
Hi guys (and gals)!  First time on here.  I'm not a woodworker, but have a woodworking problem.  I bought a 1937 Seeburg jukebox to restore and it has a damaged piece of wood in front of the speaker g...
 criageek Woodworking 8 4,852 08-04-2018, 07:28 PM

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