Uncategorized, WOODWORKING TUTORIALSMay 16, 2006 10:43 pm

This tutorial shows how easy it is to build custom drawer faces using vacuum veneering. Learn how to make a custom foam mold that can be used to make multiple drawer faces for furniture or kitchen cabinets.

detail

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Uncategorized, WOODWORKING TUTORIALS 10:35 pm

Here are a couple of emails I received from Miikka A. Eerola about veneering a drum shell. Many thanks to Miikka for setting this up and sending pictures of his build.

Drum shell

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Uncategorized, WOODWORKING TUTORIALS 10:27 pm

This is a tutorial on using an external mold with the Thin Air Press. Sometimes building a simple wooden mold that veneers and the TAP bag can be externally wrapped around is a better solution than an internal mold.

External

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Uncategorized, WOODWORKING TUTORIALS 10:21 pm

An easy to do veneering project with dramatic results!

Checkerboard

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Uncategorized, WOODWORKING TUTORIALS 10:09 pm

 

This is a simple tutorial on laminating fancy veneers to a substrate material.

Table

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Uncategorized, WOODWORKING TUTORIALS 9:42 pm

This shows how to build a foam mold to laminate a chair back using the Thin Air Press. Building a mold using foam is an inexpensive alternative to making a mold from multi-layers of plywood. One of the good parts is that the material is inexpensive and the mold is completely re-usable many times over.

Chairback

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