Finished project

[ger21]

I finished a little project today. Hopefully I can get back to building my router soon.

[nuplowboy]

Awesome work! What are the materials used? (I'm limited in the fine woodworking area, pine and ply are my commonly used wood materials)

[MrBean]

Very nice work. Makes the one I made myself, look like it's built by "Piss Poor Pine Design Inc". How many hours work in it?

Regards Terry.....

[ger21]

It's flame birch veneer on mdf. Most of the time was spent veneering the mdf in my vacuum bag. Probably around 40 hours or so.

[CNCRob]

That's beautiful work Gerry.

[zoltan]

Originally Posted by ger21 It's flame birch veneer on mdf. Most of the time was spent veneering the mdf in my vacuum bag. Probably around 40 hours or so.

Hi,

May I ask you what is this "flame birch veneer on mdf"? Thank you for your time and help.

Zoltan

[santiniuk]

Beautiful peace of furniture. Would you mind explaining the process.

Thanks !

[ger21]

Originally Posted by zoltan Hi, May I ask you what is this "flame birch veneer on mdf"? Thank you for your time and help. Zoltan

It's a figured birch veneer, known as "flame birch" for the figure. It's glued to an mdf substrate using a vacuum press.

[ger21]

Originally Posted by santiniuk Beautiful peace of furniture. Would you mind explaining the process. Thanks !

The entire piece is made up of veneered 3/4" mdf. the columns on the sides are just 3 mitered pieces, screwed to wood blocks behind the moldings. The flat mouldings are 1/2" MDF with a 1/2" X 1/2" piece of hardwood glued to the edge, which I beveled. The crown was the tricky part. I CNC'd the crown out of MDF. I then CNC'd a female piece to match. Then I dampened the veneer to make it more flexible, and glued it to the crown using the female form.

[spalm]

Absolutely beautiful. You do some impressive work.

I have never seen birch look so good. I would have thought it was some kind of quilted maple.

Did you need to use cauls on the crown molding inside the vacuum bag? I have never tried bags.

(Edit: You already aswered my quiestion. I just noticed the "female piece to match". I gather this was the caul)

Steve

[ger21]

Thanks. I didn't use a bag on the crown, just used clamps with a female form.

[ViperTX]

ger21...nice looking work!

I haven't used veneer since a high school project.....did you use contact cement? Is that "black granite"?

All my work is mostly in quartersawn white oak and American walnut.