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Thread: Cherry Veneer Coffee Table
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21st May 2005, 07:08 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Cherry Veneer Coffee Table
I finally got some shed time this week! This is my first attempt at vacuum pressing and making my own panels.
The Coffee table was designed to match the other furniture in the room.
The center panel is made of Book matched Cherry veneer , the skirts, edging and legs are Tas Oak.
The whole piece was sprayed with Pre Cat laquer (30% Gloss) and then hand rubbed with EEE and given a light wax.
Joe
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21st May 2005, 07:10 PM #2
Excellent work. Those mitre corners are hard to get right. How did you do them ?
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21st May 2005, 07:28 PM #3
Nice work, it matches well to the room.
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21st May 2005, 08:21 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks for all the complements!
The mitres were cut on a tablesaw (I have a tablesaw with an 8ft slider). Then tuned with a block plane.
The veneer is quit thin, about .5mm, Vacuum pressing was very easy, I cut the joint between the veneers using a straight edge, I cut both leafs at the same time to ensure any errors would be cancelled out, then joined the two sheets with gummed veneer tape.
I glued up the veneer using a crosslinked PVA (Selleys PVA+ Exterior), it has the benifits of standard PVA but doesnt suffer from creep.
The only problems I have found with vacuum pressing is that when the veneer is larger than the substrate (even by a couple of mm) the bag can sometimes move the veneer and cause the joins to overlap. The best solution I have found is to cut the substrate larger and make the veneer the same size. Its then pretty simple to trim the panel to the final dimensions.
Joe
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21st May 2005, 09:06 PM #7
Great job on the Coffee table Joe, I like it.
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22nd May 2005, 08:58 AM #8Intermediate Member
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Nice table, what sort of press?
Joe
Great work, I'm with Harry72, it matches the other furniture really well. What sort of vacuum system did you use? I wouldn't mind having a go at it my self and am tossing up between purchasing or making a vacuum press. Any advice would be great.
Thanks
Snow
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22nd May 2005, 11:00 AM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Hi Snow, I tried making my own vacuum press, but kept burning out pumps . I tried about 4 old fridge pumps before I gave up.
I ended up getting a vacuum press setup from Cloud maker, they have quit a few different setups available. They have a website :
http://www.cloudmaker.net.au/
But also give Tony a call he's very helpful on the phone and the prices were wrong on the website when I bought.
Let me know if you have any other questions snow, glad to help.
Joe
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22nd May 2005, 11:15 AM #10
Very nice work, a hearty well done
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