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Herb Yost

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Subject : Constructing Tabletop with Honeycomb
Posted : 2005-04-29 2:43 PM
Post #32171
I have been asked to build an entertainment center....a large TV will rest on top of the cabinet, and there will not be that much support underneath the top becaise of the design the customers want.

I am interested in using the honeycomb/skin method....it seems to promise lots of strength with light weight.

I'd like to use the honeycomb, edge it with solid maple, put down the skins, and then cover the top and bottom, edge to edge, with maple veneer. It's the edging that has me puzzled.

Can I glue it direct to the honeycomb? Or would it be better to rout a recess into the edging that would allow the skins to sit flush to the surface of the edging? Remember...veneer will cover it all, and I'd rather have solid edging than veneered edging so as to avoid damage from bumps and dings, etc.

so I'm thinking 1/2" honeycomb.......1/4" skin top and bottom.....rout a groove into the edging 1/4" deep for the skins.

Is this the way to do it, or is there another, better way?



 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: Constructing Tabletop with Honeycomb
Posted : 2005-05-02 7:25 PM
Post #32177 - In reply to #32171
Herb,

Honeycomb does offer a lot of strength with light weight. This doesnt mean that it will be a shelf of iron though. You dont say the size of your shelf but I would recommend a thicker honeycomb, like 1" for more strength. Some TV's are quite heavy.

As far as the edging, it goes like this. Mill up some solid wood, like poplar or pine to the same thickness as the honeycomb. Cut four pieces so when they are mitered or butted together they are flush with the outside edge of one of your skins. Apply a bead of glue to the edging and glue all four pieces to one of the skins. I do this in the vacuum press with the edging on top. Once this is done you have all the edging locked in place which provides a nice area to hold the honeycomb from sliding around.

Next roll the glue in the main area of this panel and drop the honeycomb in. Then roll glue on the other skin and set it on top. Put this sandwich in the vacuum press and press it up. Be sure to use a glue like urea resin or polyurethane, not white or yellow glue.

I hope this makes sense.

Sincerely
Darryl Keil


 
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Herb Yost

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Subject : RE: Constructing Tabletop with Honeycomb
Posted : 2005-05-04 9:06 PM
Post #32181 - In reply to #32177
Darryl.....

it makes a lot of sense......thank you.

Herb
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