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Monday, February 24, 2014

VENEER bubbles part 3 of 4

Heres the third article of the much anticipated VENEER series.

The first article explained how to deal with edge gluing loose veneer

The second article detailed filling in missing areas of veneer on painted furniture.

This time I will show you how to get bubbled surface veneer glued back down.

For these repairs you will need 3 items,

your wood glue, a shape utility knife, and a heavy weight.

In most cases you can see where the veneer has bubbled/lifted but

running your hand over the surface will also help find areas you dont see.

You have to get the glue underneath your veneer somehow.

The next step is the scarey one.

Use your uility knife to cut a slice into the bubble.

Use a sharp knife, and cut in the direction the grain runs.

Apply your glue getting into the cut and under the bubble.

You can squish it underneath the veneer with your finger,

you can use air to blow it under the edges,

do what ever you can think of just be delicate with the edges of the cut veneer.

Wipe up any excess glue with a damp cloth.

Now weigh your repair down.

Below you can see I used a cast iron urn (heavy) on a flat board,

I even used a small bit of folded sandpaper right over the glued spot as a pressure point.

** MINI VENEER TIP **

Wax paper wont stick to glue well.

It is a good buffering material to use

between your repair and any clamps or weights you use.

HAPPY CANADA DAY to everyone and to celebrate ...

todays SHOWROOM addition is a wonderful Lane Aromatic Cedar Lined Chest

Originally made in Ontario, Canada.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

its nice to no longer have a 16 object running across the width of our shop .... we can walk to the bandaw unobstucted, and trevor and will can move their benches back out away from the walls ... we even delivered the 2 couches and the chairs today so the finish room is unclogged too. it seems like we should be having a barn dance ... were not though .... were filling the shop back up again with three tables, a 46" round, (top of the table only), a ten foot race track and a 56 x 108 big ash table .... click the photos to enlarge them ...

below, will gets ready to glue up the apron ring ...

at the top, the aprons and bead moldings are on and the table top is in the finishing process ... the client has purchased an inexpensive metal base from an internet supplier ... he mortised them for loose tenons on the multirouter using the arc jig in the foreground ...

the racetrack table is 42" x 120" with the leaves in it and it has a pedestal base. it is one of our somewhat standard designs ... we have made at least ten of these in different woods and sizes with various levels of decorative inlays ...

here trevor installs the aprons, runners and center stiffeners ...

with all the leaves in ... the pedestal is in the works ...

here, will is veneering the apron sections with walnut burl veneer from certainly wood before joining them into two half rings .. the straight sections are in the small veneer bag.

lastly, were building a 56 x 108 ash table with a steel base by sam ... we have made others using this format, but this is definitely the biggest, and heaviest of the lot ... with the gray silicone smooth moves on the bottoms of the legs though we can easily slide it around the shop. those things are pretty slick.