Woodworking (rec.woodworking) Discussion forum covering all aspects of working with wood. All levels of expertise are encouraged to particiapte.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to rec.woodworking
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 257
Default Laminating sheet metal

On Mar 31, 12:33 am, Charlie Groh wrote:
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:41:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I've just finished up rebuilding my shop built drum sander this
weekend and I'm really happy with how it's turned out, more on that
coming in the future. The problem is that I decided to use that
phenolic coated plywood for the top surface of the table. I used the
same stuff on my router table and it's held up pretty well there. But
after 15 minutes of use on the sander it's already scratched to hell,
so clearly it's not going to hold up. Doh!


The table is a stress-skin design with the 3/4 ply on top, about 1-1/2
high box made from 3/4 ply, and the bottom is 3/8 ply. It's about
30"x20", was a fair bit of work, and fits perfectly.


It seems like the only thing that's going to hold up is going to be
stainless steel. I highly doubt I'm going to get anything to stick to
that phenolic. So I'm thinking I need to screw 1/4 ply over it, then
I can laminate to that. Can I laminate steel to wood? Contact
cement?


-Kevin


...contact cement should work fine...stainless, bulletproof...don't
know, though, I have pretty good luck with laminates, as long as
you're not sanding *that* surface...


I should say, there's no feed rollers, I feed the stock through by
hand, and there's a bit of vibration passed through. The scratch
lines on the table actually almost look like I took an orbital sander
to the thing.

-Kevin
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Laminating sheet metal [email protected] Woodworking 0 March 31st 09 03:12 PM
WTB Used Metal Shrinker for sheet metal work. Ebby Metalworking 0 May 21st 05 02:09 PM
sheet metal Rich Woodworking 3 February 14th 05 01:42 AM
sheet metal Rich Woodworking 11 January 26th 05 04:07 AM
Metal working tools for sheet metal... slightly different take than usual John Kelly Metalworking 0 November 12th 03 01:06 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:47 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 DIYbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about DIY & home improvement"