Laminated Springback

Thanks for the post, John.

It sure beats fabricating a plywood form each time you want to do this.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Very cool!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

John:

Your work is excellent.

If it is not a trade secret could you put up a picture of the underside of your form? I am wondering if you are using closely spaced ribs or have an inflatable bladder under the form?

-- Wuddoc

The form is solid and what you are seeing is an 1/8” piece of ply glued to the top of the form to complete it. That way the form is perfectly flat and true. The pieces are later trued up on the table saw. I made this so it could be used on later projects. The inside of the curve is a 3 1/4” radius, which makes the finished pieces 4” radius on the outside.

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

Interesting post – thanks for sharing it with us.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Hi John,

Great work. Nice form work.

I’m wondering why you didn’t buy these pieces from your commercial supplier?

Was the radius not available?

Lee

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Hi Lee,

I couldn’t find these from any supplier so I did them myself. They are 42” long.
These are 3/4” thick with a 3 1/4” inside radius.

Do you have a particular supplier in mind who might have these?

John

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

Nothing like a different approach, great idea.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Did you make your vacuum press or buy it somewhere? Nice work.

-- Maplewood, MN

I bought a Vac-U-Clamp Mark X It is a 10 cfm gast rotary vane pump and works great. Vac-U-Press makes a great pump also. They are in maine and are very knowledgeable. They bouth sell a nice variety of vacuum pressing supplies and tools.

John

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca