Veneering Curved Surfaces with Owain Harris

Owain Harris demonstrates how he veneers curved surfaces. He uses a couple of techniques including hammer veneering using PVA glue (a bit out of the ordinary) as well as using a vacuum bag.
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[@CondredgeDole]

Wow, spectacular class, thanks for recording & posting this, very much appreciated!

[@haggardgrin]

Thanks for sharing, learned a ton! There was a question at 59:30 about the purpose of the extra tanks in the vacuum setup, I can shed some light for the curious. If we can imagine the inside of the vacuum bag like the inside of the room they're standing in, we can also imagine that the moisture present in the wood and glue is like a handful of rice grains. When we start pulling a vacuum those grains of rice expand to something like the size of a beach ball - this is the liquid water changing state to vapor. All of a sudden our room is becoming very full, and can even build pressure if enough moisture is present. Adding those additional tanks changes that small room into a huge arena. Now there's plenty of room for our beach balls and all the extra space we need to not build pressure. Then there's the million dollar question - is it really necessary? Well, that depends on how much moisture we're putting in the system and how long it needs to remain under vacuum. If you don't have the tanks and you do have a lot of moisture, you can always just kick the pump back on to clear out some "beach balls" if necessary!

[@Finewoodworkingofsc]

Good information in this video. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

[@johnnyvee2221]

PhD in veneering; amazing.

[@JohanDegraeveAanscharius]

Magnificient, I would do a 180° turn with radius 1/2", would that be possible? What is the smallest radius you achieved? Other question, what is the wood you demonstrated? Is that zebra wood ? (zebrano)

[@krisgebruers8471]

Thanks alot :)

[@Jlinwoodjackson]

I’m here for the WENGE veneer comments.. ( I’m about to get into veneering a lot of wenge..)

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Does anyone know if you can apply veneer with titebond 3 using the heat method? Asking for a friend, he likes that titebond 3 is waterproof.

[@tomruth9487]

Titebond 3 is not really "waterproof". They would like you to believe that but it's not. It's definitely the most water resistant of the Titebond line however. Epoxy or plastic resin, etc glues are examples of completely waterproof glues. So I would not use Titebond 3 for an exterior door.