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Thread: 32mm kitchen laminate movement
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19th May 2017, 01:59 AM #1
32mm kitchen laminate movement
In the last year or so I've made myself a router table and a Matthias Wandel inspired thickness sander; where the main surfaces are 32mm laminated kitchen bench seconds bought from a local manufacturer. These boards were flat when installed and with the unlaminated undersides and edges sealed. But they've since risen convex or sunk in a bowl shaped by a few mm and it's beginning to screw up my work.
Would I have been better off putting a couple of sheets of hi grade (marine) ply together for these surfaces instead, or is this just a natural effect of having a crappy workshop environment that changes dramatically with the seasons?
I'm happy to remake the surfaces but naturally don't want a repeat of what's been happening if I can avoid it. I'm not sure if a thinner torsion boxed surface would do, or if there is some other form of underside bracing that may help?
Any experienced thoughts? I pay wellEvery time you make a typo, the errorists win.
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19th May 2017, 02:22 PM #2
Any bench top that is laminated will always cup or bow. The only way to eliminate this is laminate both sides.
get your local kitchen man to do one for you or just do it yourself.The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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