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   wane | Dec 24, 2008 04:35pm | #1

   made a cabinet front like that once, rails and panel were laminated veneers, built a form to clamp the panel in, doors are pretty big though, are you sure they've got to be curved? ... if so then get yourself 45 gallon drum of glue, build the form and get at er ..

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   Sphere | Dec 24, 2008 04:55pm | #2

   Stave the panels, and vacuum bag the rails.

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   marv | Dec 24, 2008 05:34pm | #3

   Stave the panels

   ???You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.

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   jayzog | Dec 24, 2008 06:27pm | #4

   like a barrel

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   splintergroupie | Dec 26, 2008 10:15am | #10

   I think you mean "cooper" the panels. "Stave" is the noun, "cooper" is the verb.Unless the panels are to be raised, i'd bend/glue layers of 1/8" door skins or BBP over a form in a vacuum bag or in a two-part form. Stave constructions need to be cleaned up to have a smooth curve and have to be glued up over a form, too...unless you're making a circle in a spiral like a wheel within a wheel.

   Edited 12/26/2008 2:24 am by splintergroupie

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   Sphere | Dec 26, 2008 03:55pm | #11

   Yeah, dat's what I was meaning. I just took it for granted that they would be raised panels and all I've ever seen or made were coopered..I got some pics on t'other pooter of a Pipeorgan with raised, coopered walnut panels.  Yup, they are a lot of work till get the hang of it.

   But the Vacuum bag is the T*Ts for rails and flat work for sure, best investment I made for odd ball glue ups and veneered lams. I once made a pizza out of a ham and cheese sammich just because I wanted to..LOLSpheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   splintergroupie | Dec 26, 2008 09:31pm | #12

   <<I once made a pizza out of a ham and cheese sammich>>I'm imagining the squeeze-out...

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   FastEddie | Dec 24, 2008 06:47pm | #5

   How would you bend mdf?

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   Huck | Dec 25, 2008 12:34pm | #6

   How would you bend mdf?

   don't know the answer to this, but I'm guessing its gonna involve A) moisture, and B), gravity ('cuz I seen 'em join forces and bend mdf in the shop if I'm not careful)"...craftsmanship is first & foremost an expression of the human spirit." - P. Korn

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   FastEddie | Dec 26, 2008 07:44am | #9

   I would expect moisture would damage the mdf, and ... oh I don't know ... but it sounds lots less practical than bending laminated solid wood."Put your creed in your deed."   Emerson

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   stevedoane | Dec 25, 2008 06:40pm | #7

   Won't know until I try; but I think, if I bend, glue and clamp it on a form, then veneer the whole thing, it will hold. Gonna try a small test panel befor I go for the whole package. Steve

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   ponytl | Dec 25, 2008 06:57pm | #8

   i have a set like that in my warehouse... guy took solid doors cut them to shape... then applied raised frames to them to make them LOOK like they were made with an arch top...  they were painted so i guess that helped... but they look ok

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