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Steve Maskery

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Subject : Keeping a former straight
Posted : 2004-06-16 8:24 AM
Post #31589
HI all,
I'm making a wardrobe with curved doors, 7ft high, 18" across, radius just over 12 ft. 4 doors like this this will give me a bow front of about 4" over the 6ft width.
I've pressed 2 of the 4 doors, only to find that my former is bowed, so they are curved top to bottom too. I have to take them to the tip and start again. It's a few sheets of ply and several days work down the drain. Has anyone got any ideas how I can build a former which will not go like a banana? I don't want this second attempt to fail!
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Steve


 
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Earl

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Subject : RE: Keeping a former straight
Posted : 2004-06-16 3:58 PM
Post #31592 - In reply to #31589
Steve, is your bag platen on a completly flat surface? If so, you should have no problem keeping the doors flat. If your doing this with just your former and the bag, without the support of a table I don't see how you can keep it perfectly flat. Also, make sure everything is balanced front to back.


 
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Steve Maskery

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Subject : RE: Keeping a former straight
Posted : 2004-06-18 7:45 AM
Post #31604 - In reply to #31592
Earl, you are right. I was using a platen, but it is slung actross a couple of trestles, and that is not enough support. I've now made a new mould, with 3" spines, which isn't going to move even if I sit on it!
Expensive lesson to learn.
Cheers
Steve
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