Sunday, 26 October 2014

Making some Veneered Frames

I'm going to make several veneered frames in a traditional "slope profile". One of the frames is 3inch wide, so I've taken two pine stretchers and glued them together. Then shaped out the basic profile.

This profile will be veneered with Crown Rio Rosewood.
This is the rosewood often seen on Victorian print frames and silhouettes.
This is Burr Elm veneer that will be used on some smaller profiles.
I'll be using a vacume bag with Titebond glue to press the veneers.
This glue is an aliphatic pva with thermoplastic properties. This simply means that it can be reactivated with some heat - ie, a hot iron, if there are any "blisters" on the dried veneers.



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