A bit more done recently.
I paired up the lippings, left and right and discovered that, despite being very careful with my laminates, the top one of on of them had a couple of screw holes visible. I did try to drill 4mm and plug, but it didn't look good. This is what happens when you go down to the workshop late ant night to do the last one, which was already prepped, but put it in the bag upside down. Doing woodwork with only my specs on is not very clever and I should have known that. So I had to press a replacement.
Then it was time to run a rebate. I set up my rebate router cutter, switched on and there was a hell of a kerfuffle. I'd missed off the retaining washer, the bearing came off, hit the cutter, chipped the TCT and all was lost. And my phone broke. And there was trouble at t'mill, domestically. And...
So I had to buy a new rebate set. Amazon to the rescue. It's not as deep a cut as the CMT one. But the CMT one is spendy and it's difficult to find the right part number on the ScoSarg website. When I rang to ask for help, the bloke was very short, told me he didn't expect me to know which one to buy, email them and they will send a pro-forma invoice. He was short to the point of being rude, I thought. Sigh.
Anyway, when the dust had settled on all the tribulations, I finally got some rebating done.
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This was then glued to the edges of the pressed backs
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Despite being pressend on the same former, the backs and the lipping were not a great fir, becuase the backs had only 2 layers and had quite a bit of springback, whereas the lipping were 5 layers and had hardly any. So thats why I had to use so many clamps and a persuader.
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I have quite a lot of QS oak veneer. About 25 years ago I designed a rather lovely bedroom suite for some clients, so I bought enough veneer for the whole lot, so it would all match. I made the bed and wardrobe, then they got divorced, so the rest never materialised.
A couple of years ago I mad a wardrobe and intended to use that veneer, but couldn't find it, so I assume it had got lost along the way of Life. I spent a few hundred pounds on some new veneer and then found what I had been looking for...
So this veneer has been in store for quite a long time, but is, fortunately still in good condition. The grain is not very straight, but the flame is superb. This is a photo of one end (i'm actually using the other end, but this pic shows the figure better)
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So I shot the stack, clamped to my bench
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I numbered them so that they didn't get out of order and taped them up in pairs
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Then trimmed to be a tad oversized and put in the bag with a 3mm MDF platten (wrapped in cling film so it didn't stick)
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Unfortunately it all slipped in the bag and the seam is nearly 3mm off centre at at one end. Not so awful that I need to redo it, but certainly no cigar. So I've pinned subsequent ones in place with drawing pins and that has solved the problem.
A careful trimming and they are ready for the next stage.
I'd forgotten how much glue I use up when veneering. I was getting a bit low, so I ordered 5L from Amazon yesterday afternoon and it was on my doorstep at 1pm today. Lowest price I could find anywhere and free 24hr delivery. Brilliant.