In this video I show the process to bend veneer against (bend perpendicular to the grain) the grain about a 1.25” radius using an iron and the PVA glue technique.
Wow, this one little video has just opened up a bunch of doors for me. Number one, I had no clue you could bond dried wood glue with heat. Number two, all the damaged 1940's waterfall furniture and console radios that I've passed over are now eligible for repair. Number three, knowing this technique I can now incorporate curved veneer with grain perpendicular to the curve into the designs of new builds.
Thanks for posting this process. I have been looking for a good way to repair vintage radio cabinets with waterfall curves at top front of cabinets. 👍🏻👍🏻
I use a cloth, but my iron is much older and doesn't have the teflon coating on the bottom. Never tried bending it like this before though. I need to bend some at a 45 degree offset for some trim pieces on a 1930's RCA K-80 console radio.
Bro, thanks for this video, it's very revealing for my current project. Now, what about a video about overlapping cut between layers? Subed by the way...
I want to do the same thing on an ogee molding. (Has both a convex and a concave curve, all within a distance of 2”). Is there an iron out there for the concave part?
Wow, this one little video has just opened up a bunch of doors for me. Number one, I had no clue you could bond dried wood glue with heat. Number two, all the damaged 1940's waterfall furniture and console radios that I've passed over are now eligible for repair. Number three, knowing this technique I can now incorporate curved veneer with grain perpendicular to the curve into the designs of new builds.
Thanks for posting this process. I have been looking for a good way to repair vintage radio cabinets with waterfall curves at top front of cabinets. 👍🏻👍🏻
Javad - thank you for a GREAT tip on bending veneer - much appreciated!
This is great. I have a desk I'm going to be building soon and this is exactly what I was trying to figure out. Thanks for the video.
Great tip, heat bonding dry pva is a new one to me .
Such a good video. Was looking for this exact information and here you got it
Great video - got me thinking about using this technique for veneering over a compound dome shape.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
This video worked perfectly for me. followed step by step and turned out great!
How - awesome work, much better than the sticky spray, hope you get it right the first time approach
Very informative,thanks...
Tha is for this video! Totally saved my bacon on a subwoofer build with rounded corners on the front baffle.
Thank you it was really helpful
If you use a wet cotton cloth, you can get the steam to wet the wood and make it more pliable. You can do 1" radius with that method.
I use a cloth, but my iron is much older and doesn't have the teflon coating on the bottom. Never tried bending it like this before though. I need to bend some at a 45 degree offset for some trim pieces on a 1930's RCA K-80 console radio.
Genius!
Bro, thanks for this video, it's very revealing for my current project. Now, what about a video about overlapping cut between layers? Subed by the way...
I want to do the same thing on an ogee molding. (Has both a convex and a concave curve, all within a distance of 2”). Is there an iron out there for the concave part?
Thanks. Building a set of speakers and researching this very subject. I'll let you know how it goes. Planning on a 1" radius.