I have been working on a shop cart for quite a while now. It started with a sketchup model in this thread (http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/s...ight=shop+cart)
Next construction started with a cabinet and drawers in this thread (http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=55534)
This has been done for a while now. Next came the veneering of the top. I picked up some veneer at an auction quite a while ago and have used very little of it. Most of it has been sandwiched between sheets of hardboard and stored away. I left some "scrap" pieces out in a few bundles and I thought this project would be a good time to practice jointing and taping veneer seams. I have never done that before.
These pieces of veneer have some pretty good figure, but they had a few holes and I wasn't sure how they would affect things. Good thing this is a shop project. The holes may just fill in with glue, we will see.
Veneer sheets were jointed with a straight board and a veneer saw, then taped using veneer tape.
Ready to put some glue down and get the panel in the vacuum press.
I left it in the press for a bit over an hour. Glue needs air to cure, so it just sets in the vacuum press, and cures once it is taken out.
After the glue cured. It sat like this for a while because I wasn't really sure how to get the veneer tape off. Sand, scrape, wet the tape, etc. After some research, I ended up wetting the tape and gently scraping it off with a card scraper.
Tape is removed without too much trouble.
Time for edge banding. I glued on over sized pieces two at a time and flushed them up with a hand plane after the glue dried.
I used a flush trim saw to trim the edge banding to length.
Same procedure with the drawers which are currently in progress.
Next construction started with a cabinet and drawers in this thread (http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=55534)
This has been done for a while now. Next came the veneering of the top. I picked up some veneer at an auction quite a while ago and have used very little of it. Most of it has been sandwiched between sheets of hardboard and stored away. I left some "scrap" pieces out in a few bundles and I thought this project would be a good time to practice jointing and taping veneer seams. I have never done that before.
These pieces of veneer have some pretty good figure, but they had a few holes and I wasn't sure how they would affect things. Good thing this is a shop project. The holes may just fill in with glue, we will see.
Veneer sheets were jointed with a straight board and a veneer saw, then taped using veneer tape.
Ready to put some glue down and get the panel in the vacuum press.
I left it in the press for a bit over an hour. Glue needs air to cure, so it just sets in the vacuum press, and cures once it is taken out.
After the glue cured. It sat like this for a while because I wasn't really sure how to get the veneer tape off. Sand, scrape, wet the tape, etc. After some research, I ended up wetting the tape and gently scraping it off with a card scraper.
Tape is removed without too much trouble.
Time for edge banding. I glued on over sized pieces two at a time and flushed them up with a hand plane after the glue dried.
I used a flush trim saw to trim the edge banding to length.
Same procedure with the drawers which are currently in progress.
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