Homemade vacuum veneer press (with pump from freecycle)

[rileytoolworks]

Dave, thanks for the update. Very impressed with your progress. Will you be using this for bent laminations?
Did you have any leaks in the join?

 

[oddsocks]

Dave, thanks for the update. Very impressed with your progress. Will you be using this for bent laminations?
Did you have any leaks in the join?

Thanks, no obvious leaks (the vac pump with nothing connected gives 25" of vacuum so losing 1" is not an issue.

The driver for this project is that I need to build a bed that includes veneering the sides an the headboard (see other recent posts by me). The headboard will be a gentle curve. When I finally do that I will post the pics.
I have done a fair amount of large veneering before and always used pearl glue due to the cost of a vacuum system. I now have that system for a fraction of the commercial cost, so even if it is not used often,it will get used.
I also have a few sets of nice veneers bought over the years on opportunist moments (or future dream moments!) that now stand more of a chance of being used.