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: I am a novice. I have heard that it is difficult (some say very difficult) to laminate a cylindrical surface. Can you offer : some suggestions as to how I should go about this? The substrate is a very smooth solid bass wood cylindrical surface 24 : inches in diameter and the wall is one and half inches thick.: Thanks very much.: KevinI have done some cylinders, and the air bladder that Vacupress offers is invaluable. You just place it inside the cylinder and it automatically inflates to equalize the pressure applied to the outside of the cylinder when you evacuate the air from the bag. The hardest part is to get your seam to lie perfectly. I find that cutting your material overlength (1/2" works for me), and then only gluing up til about 3" on either side of the seam. Press this, and when the glue dries, remove the piece, clamp a straightedge to the piece on the overlapped material at the seam, run a razor knife down the edge, and you have a perfect seam, ready to be glued and pressed.
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