Thread: Gluing Plywood For Bowl Blanks

I have done a bowl out of LVL and treated this as normal wood. I did not have a smooth surface on the mating pieces and I allowed 24 hours before I used it.

I was sort of concern about voids but did not have any in the LVL board. Just to add contrast if I did not have enough I also added a hardwood piece in the blank.

Paul, you did not indicate what glue you are going to use. I did this once and used Titebond 2 glue and used a scissor jack from a car under my metal lathe bed for mass. Not sure if you have them over there, but don't use a hydraulic one as they can leak down.
Rgds,
Crocy.

Being a bit impatient at times. I glued my stack all at once with a bunch of G clamps around the outside. Wasnt real fancy plywood so it had voids in the layers, other than that it worked fine using PVA I left it for about a week.

Originally Posted by hughie

Being a bit impatient at times. I glued my stack all at once with a bunch of G clamps around the outside. Wasnt real fancy plywood so it had voids in the layers, other than that it worked fine using PVA I left it for about a week.

In hind sight it would have better to use high quality plywood, not construction plywood as I did at the time.

Originally Posted by hughie

In hind sight it would have better to use high quality plywood, not construction plywood as I did at the time.

What I have is better than construction but not as good as Baltic Birch. I'll have a go to see how it works.

Thanks to all who commented.