Veneer press

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Guys,
I am looking for a small veneer press to maybe press 1 to 2 cues at a time. Maybe 4 to 12 points for v-cut veneering. Anyone have an old one laying around they don't need?
Thanx ,
Jim
 
Kelly_Guy said:
I have looked from time to time for a press on ebay. A half a dozen of those you posted with two sheets of delrin might do a good job.

Kelly
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Yeah I was wondering how many it would take. I've see the heavy cast iron pressess on there, and sometimes think about trying one, but by the time you pay the shipping, you'll have some cash tied up into one, and like You say I think more screws would be better then less, so I'm not sure the corners would press as even without more. I don't know how easy it would be to find some ground plate steel locally, but I bet you could make a bad a$$ press with some and a few screw assemblies. I have looked into vac setups using a diaphram pump, but need to check into it more. I've seen some kits, and i have a pump around here somewhere that they say will work great with the kit, but not sure how good that type setup is for this.
 
I built on eout of 1.25 " plate 3/8" thick channel and 3/4 -10 all thread. It works ok but a book press is what you are looking for. I am still looking on that. If you find two pm me I will buy the other.
 
I searched around for Book Presses and if you find a place that sells them, you will pay a lot of money.

I ended up getting one on Ebay. I think I got lucky and paid only around $60. It was also 30 minutes from my house, so I was able to pick it up and save on the shipping, which I imagine wouldn't be cheap.
 
Tony Zinzola said:
I searched around for Book Presses and if you find a place that sells them, you will pay a lot of money.

I ended up getting one on Ebay. I think I got lucky and paid only around $60. It was also 30 minutes from my house, so I was able to pick it up and save on the shipping, which I imagine wouldn't be cheap.
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I just use a hydraulic 20 ton press. I can put as much or as little pressure on as I want and have it available for operations. I squeezed a W/B tip one time to much and thought the press frame had broke from the popping sound. Actually the tip just flattened out to about .020 thick and about 1.5 in circumference.

Dick
 
Tony Zinzola said:
I searched around for Book Presses and if you find a place that sells them, you will pay a lot of money.

I ended up getting one on Ebay. I think I got lucky and paid only around $60. It was also 30 minutes from my house, so I was able to pick it up and save on the shipping, which I imagine wouldn't be cheap.
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I have seen them go that cheap too, and that is very reasonable compared to what they sometimes go for, only I haven't found one located close enough to pickup yet. The shipping price was crazy high on them usually due to the weight I guess.
 
rhncue said:
I just use a hydraulic 20 ton press. I can put as much or as little pressure on as I want and have it available for operations. I squeezed a W/B tip one time to much and thought the press frame had broke from the popping sound. Actually the tip just flattened out to about .020 thick and about 1.5 in circumference.

Dick
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I have thought about bolting & welding a frame up, and using either a twist or hydraulic pedestal type jack that's welded to some steel plate at the bottom. Ever heard of anyone doing that? Wondering how well that might work. Greg
 
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I got an old iron book press off ebay too. I got a decent deal, about $100 in it. The price is high I think because they are some type of antique collectable. Anyhow, mine is very heavy. I'd say close to 75 - 100 pounds. My buddy is a FedEx delivery guy and he was delivering to my area when it came. He left me a dirty note on my door. The guy had this 100 pound press basically floating around in this huge box making it really hard to handle. My buddy had quite the time getting it to my door. Funny stuff.

It works very well for pressing veneers. No problems at all on the edges. I don't know what kind of pressure it creates but it must be pretty good. I can take a piece of paper and stick it barely in the outer edge of the thing and clamp it down and you will rip the paper trying to get it out. The pressure is very even.
 
J&D CUSTOMS said:
Guys,
I am looking for a small veneer press to maybe press 1 to 2 cues at a time. Maybe 4 to 12 points for v-cut veneering. Anyone have an old one laying around they don't need?
Thanx ,
Jim
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Here is one that I made up out of aluminum and bolts and it works just fine for me.
 

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Mase said:
Here is one that I made up out of aluminum and bolts and it works just fine for me.
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Simple Yet very efficient looking, best of all something you can build yourself, I like It. Thank You for sharing.:)

Greg
 
CamposCues said:
I got an old iron book press off ebay too. I got a decent deal, about $100 in it. The price is high I think because they are some type of antique collectable. Anyhow, mine is very heavy. I'd say close to 75 - 100 pounds. My buddy is a FedEx delivery guy and he was delivering to my area when it came. He left me a dirty note on my door. The guy had this 100 pound press basically floating around in this huge box making it really hard to handle. My buddy had quite the time getting it to my door. Funny stuff.

It works very well for pressing veneers. No problems at all on the edges. I don't know what kind of pressure it creates but it must be pretty good. I can take a piece of paper and stick it barely in the outer edge of the thing and clamp it down and you will rip the paper trying to get it out. The pressure is very even.
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Yeah, some are obviously more heavy duty then others from what I've seen of them, and the ones that looked best to me were really heavy like that. There were some book presses that I saw and the top plate looked thinner then the heavier versions, that led me to thinking about the edges. Sounds like you got one of the solid versions.
 
I have a new one in mind after breaking 3 toes this summer when my current setup was bumped off of the table into my feet. It will be air powered and apply the same force everytime. I am thinking of a horizontal unit with a few double acting air cylenders to apply and retract the plate. I have it in my head, I will post some pics when I get a chance to start on it. Chris.
 
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I messed with several different types. The nuts is going to a vacuume press.
Nothing beats the pressure, and its simple. Several sources on the net.
I had some problems with glue lines before I changed.
 
Dman said:
I messed with several different types. The nuts is going to a vacuume press.
Nothing beats the pressure, and its simple. Several sources on the net.
I had some problems with glue lines before I changed.
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EXCELLENT SUGGESTION!
A Vacuum , set up porperly,of course will much stronger, and as You said ,simple' to setup up" and shouldn't be too expensive"
 
Dman said:
I messed with several different types. The nuts is going to a vacuume press.
Nothing beats the pressure, and its simple. Several sources on the net.
I had some problems with glue lines before I changed.
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Dman, I was in Woodcraft this week and the owner George suggested the same thing. He also suggested using MFD board to lay under the veneer to keep it all flat. They sell kits for around $250 to $300 with pump. Of courst being the crazy sob that I am, I already have the pump. You can get the bags in 20 or 30 mil. I was thinking of using a granite stone or a tile from Lowes instead of the board.

Jimbo.
 
Simple. You use the polyurethane vacuume bags. Make your patten for pressing top and bottom like a normal press, lay veneers in, place in the bag, pull the vacuume down.

The maximum vacuum pressure that can be obtained is 25.5 of Hg. This equals approximately 1800 lbs per square foot of pressure thats applied evenly from all sides.
You can make bag any size. Epoxy does not stick to the polyurethane bag.

Anything you can build a jig to hold, it will press!

your welcome to PM or call and I can advise the little bit of knowledge my feeble mind has. I have just started using this the last month. I love it! So much easier than the press I started with. No bolts , screws, or metal presses. It works wonderfully on veneers, but I can see many applications for this system.
I am just a rookie to building, but I have not seen anything this simple for pressing.

Dan Marish
817-999-5210
dptmarco@sbcglobal.net
 
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