I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:

http://www.ou****ercatalogs.com/
http://www.edgecoinc.com/
http://dc-dist.com/
http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)

The T-profile mouldings sold by Ou****er Plastics are pretty
straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.

I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?

(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)

--
Ben Jackson AD7GD

http://www.ben.com/

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:14:34 GMT, Ben Jackson wrote:

I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:

http://www.ou****ercatalogs.com/
http://www.edgecoinc.com/
http://dc-dist.com/
http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)

The T-profile mouldings sold by Ou****er Plastics are pretty
straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.

I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?

(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)

Woodworkers hardware http://wwhardware.com/ has it (t-edging) and a
couple other alternatives, and even Rockler's has it (t-molding)

I've used it on some utility shop stuff. If you need to bend a tight
radius, you may have to notch the pronged part in the area of the
curve. If you do that, it will bend a tight radius.

HTH,

Paul F.

On Nov 24, 6:14*pm, Ben Jackson wrote:
I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
to what you see on office furniture. *It's surprisingly hard to find.
I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:

* * * *http://www.ou****ercatalogs.com/
* * * *http://www.edgecoinc.com/
* * * *http://dc-dist.com/
* * * *http://www.canplast.com/*(a manufacturer?)

The T-profile mouldings sold by Ou****er Plastics are pretty
straightforward. *Cut a slot with a router and push it in.

I'm curious about the PVC products. *Are those just applied like
laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? *Is it practical do to
this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?

(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)

--
Ben Jackson AD7GD
http://www.ben.com/

Ben, you can buy T-moulding all over the place. There are a couple of
tricks to that stuff.
Make sure the slot is not too tight. You don't want the insertion to
widen/split the edge.
Also, make sure the T-moulding slot is set just a wee bit high, so
that the edge peeks out a little bit from the top. 1/64 th if you can
get it, 1/32 if you must. But not below the surface.
Take a very sharp chisel and trim the excess...the word is SHARP.
Approach with the chisel leaned back on the laminate as a guide.
Also, make sure the stuff isn't too warm when you cut it to length.
Most will shrink a wee bit when cooling. It is always better to be a
little bit long.

(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)



Never argue with a client with curves


--Sham Shpade

http://www.fastcap.com/


These boys have all that and more....

Several others have commented on the correct
installation... Remember..plastic will shrink
and expand with temp changes.

Ben Jackson wrote:
I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:

http://www.ou****ercatalogs.com/
http://www.edgecoinc.com/
http://dc-dist.com/
http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)

The T-profile mouldings sold by Ou****er Plastics are pretty
straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.

I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?

(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)

I have got to start reading a little better...
You wanted T-mold, which FastCap doesn't sell
but their edging is quite good and I do recommend
that.

For T-Mold, I would go to Hafele:

http://www.hafele.com/us/index.htm

Ben Jackson wrote:
I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:

http://www.ou****ercatalogs.com/
http://www.edgecoinc.com/
http://dc-dist.com/
http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)

The T-profile mouldings sold by Ou****er Plastics are pretty
straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.

I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?

(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)