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sry

29 posts in 144 days


76 days ago

Topic tags/keywords: question edge banding mdf workbench

I’m in the process of building a version of the FWW Getting Started in Woodworking bench and want to modify it a little by wrapping hardwood around the MDF top (3/4” MDF doubled up into a 1 1/2” top). Looking for advice from the forum experts about how to go about this.

I’m thinking right now of just routing the edge of the top into a tongue and grooving my hardwood banding material to match. Am I on the right track, or does somebody out there have any better ideas?

I should point out that this is my first woodworking project, and my skills and tool collection are still growing…

-- Steve -- Cleveland area, Ohio

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Tony Z

150 posts in 326 days


76 days ago

I think that will work. On my Torsion Box I screwed my edging to the MDF and plugged the holes with a contrasting wood.

-- Tony, Ohio

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brianinpa

941 posts in 259 days


76 days ago

Sry,

Knickknack posted a small oak table project and he provided an excellent answer to your question: it’s about 1/2 way down the post. This may be what you are describing. If all else fails, rabbet the harwood banding, the glue the banding to the mdf.

Goodluck!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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sry

29 posts in 144 days


76 days ago

Thanks guys. I’ll try it out and post the results when I post the project.

-- Steve -- Cleveland area, Ohio

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sIKE

605 posts in 290 days


76 days ago

You could use biscuits and glue…will help align everything and the glue will make it stay.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

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sry

29 posts in 144 days


73 days ago

I’ve successfully applied a strip of hardwood around the edge of my MDF top, and intentionally left it a little proud of the surface, thinking I could trim it flush a little later.

My new question is: what’s the best tool for the job? It seems like a larger job than my little block plane should handle, so maybe a larger plane like a #4?

-- Steve -- Cleveland area, Ohio

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motthunter

1234 posts in 335 days


70 days ago

mdf is made from sawdust and glue. Edgebanding it is easy as can be as glue sticks well to glue. Fasteners like brads help hold it till the glue dries, but if you clamp well, even that may be unnecessary.

-- making sawdust....

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motthunter

1234 posts in 335 days


70 days ago

Steve, to flush trim, you can use a flush trim bit on your router.. Or you can use a plane if you want to do it by hand. There are also many router table set ups that can help do this.

-- making sawdust....

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teenagewoodworker

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69 days ago

ya you could use a flush bit on a router. might get a bit hairy with the bit out in the open and everything. if the edgebanding is 3/4” you could use a block plane for a #4 or #5, 6, 7, 8. really any plane. i would use a #4 though because a #7, 8 might get a bit tiring

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