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Building your own laminated stock
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<blockquote data-quote="tobnpr" data-source="post: 2023996" data-attributes="member: 68758"><p>West System 105 with the 206 slow hardener would be perfect for this application. Plenty of working time and the thin coating needed to laminate won't exotherm excessively. </p><p></p><p>You can also add pigment to the epoxy to make the layers "pop" if you choose to do so.</p><p></p><p>Commercial laminated blanks are formed under extremely high pressures. This ensures full bonding and zero voids in the layup. Even though I cuss at the wear on the router bits (due to the epoxy) when cutting laminated hardwood blanks they're extremely solid and there's no possibility of a "chunk" of wood flying off and trashing the blank when cutting it. I would be hesitant to use anything but epoxy, vacuum bagged for this process- or absent that under a lot of pressure in a shop press. I think traditional wood glues would take many days to cure fully in the inner part of the blank. More room for error I think if the blank is cut/shaped with common hand/power tools instead of a high speed router on a duplicator.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tobnpr, post: 2023996, member: 68758"] West System 105 with the 206 slow hardener would be perfect for this application. Plenty of working time and the thin coating needed to laminate won't exotherm excessively. You can also add pigment to the epoxy to make the layers "pop" if you choose to do so. Commercial laminated blanks are formed under extremely high pressures. This ensures full bonding and zero voids in the layup. Even though I cuss at the wear on the router bits (due to the epoxy) when cutting laminated hardwood blanks they're extremely solid and there's no possibility of a "chunk" of wood flying off and trashing the blank when cutting it. I would be hesitant to use anything but epoxy, vacuum bagged for this process- or absent that under a lot of pressure in a shop press. I think traditional wood glues would take many days to cure fully in the inner part of the blank. More room for error I think if the blank is cut/shaped with common hand/power tools instead of a high speed router on a duplicator. Good luck with it. [/QUOTE]
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