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Building your own laminated stock
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 2023145" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Making your own Laminate is a labor intensive project but well worth the effort if done right.</p><p>I have done it for gun stocks and knife handles and have never had a failure so I know it can be done.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, the important things to get right are the types of wood used (Low oil content), clean fresh planing (As little handling as possible after it is plained), I also prefer a good slow cure high strength Epoxy with a well thought out clamping system. (The better the clamping, the better the end product). I prefer using steel strong backs for clamping to distribute the pressure more evenly.</p><p></p><p>Don't know anything about installing steel tubes or bars in the laminates as they are being made, because they are not needed in my opinion and could cause failures because of the differences in materials. If you notice, laminates have the grain running in different directions. This adds strength and rigidity.</p><p></p><p>Planning the grain lay out and proper clamping is very important for strength and dampening</p><p>harmonics. Mixing different types and colors of wood is not only very beautiful , but also very strong. Good luck on your project. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p><p></p><p>Maybe Joel Russo will chime in and offer some advice. I know he also has done some laminating and is the Guru in this area as far as I am concerned.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 2023145, member: 2736"] Making your own Laminate is a labor intensive project but well worth the effort if done right. I have done it for gun stocks and knife handles and have never had a failure so I know it can be done. In my opinion, the important things to get right are the types of wood used (Low oil content), clean fresh planing (As little handling as possible after it is plained), I also prefer a good slow cure high strength Epoxy with a well thought out clamping system. (The better the clamping, the better the end product). I prefer using steel strong backs for clamping to distribute the pressure more evenly. Don't know anything about installing steel tubes or bars in the laminates as they are being made, because they are not needed in my opinion and could cause failures because of the differences in materials. If you notice, laminates have the grain running in different directions. This adds strength and rigidity. Planning the grain lay out and proper clamping is very important for strength and dampening harmonics. Mixing different types and colors of wood is not only very beautiful , but also very strong. Good luck on your project. 👍 Maybe Joel Russo will chime in and offer some advice. I know he also has done some laminating and is the Guru in this area as far as I am concerned.:) J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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