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AdamE

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Subject : Panels longer than platten
Posted : 2007-09-07 9:17 AM
Post #34035
Need to veneer a handful of 30" by appx 10' panels. I've got a 12 foot bag--no problem there--but nothing long enough to do a platten with. Typically I use 3/4 melamine kerfed 2" o.c., but special ordering a single sheet of melamine and fabricating a platten in a size I'll probably not use again is not something I'd like to do. Is there a way to do these glue-ups without making a new platten? Veneer is 10 mil paper-back; substrate is particle board, and glue is unibond.
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: Panels longer than platten
Posted : 2007-09-07 12:34 PM
Post #34036 - In reply to #34035
Adam,

You have a few options. One, you can add on a additional platen just butted up to the main one with a spline of biscuits to roughly line up the two platens, no glue needed. As long as the grooves from one platen to the next line up, your fine.

Second you can let your panel overhang the existing platen. As long as you have 1/4" or thicker cauls, the transition off the platen wont hurt your panel. Since the platen covers most of the panel the extra two feet isn't really an issue with air evacuation.

By the way, you really don't need to run the grooves in your platen so close together. Even every 12" on center is totally fine. Thats as close as Ive ever done it.

Sincerely
Darryl Keil


 
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AdamE

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Subject : RE: Panels longer than platten
Posted : 2007-09-07 3:03 PM
Post #34038 - In reply to #34036
Thanks Darryl.
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