Laminate bending

Most any urea resin glue or epoxy. The curve will keep almost all of it’s shape if the correct thickness of pieces are used to make the curved piece. Do not use yellow or gorilla glue. They will have too much spring back after the piece is removed from the mold. I have a photo of some curved pieces on my projects section if you care to take a look.

Good luck

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

I have specifically used Better Bond Ultra-CAT PPR veneer glue from VeneerSupplies.com. As John mentioned it is a urea resin glue. The thing I really like about it is that it is easy to mix and they have a lightening agent that you can order if you are doing a light wood like ash or maple. The glue is caramel in color so when I did a walnut lamination the glue line is barely visible. if you are interestes I have blogged two different projects using this glue a Modern Tea Cart with bent lamination and I am currently working on a blog that shows the walnut laminations. The other popular brand is Unibond 800. Good luck.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

I have used Unibond 800 (also a urea-formaldehyde based glue) for both bent lamination and veneering. I used it on my Asian Inspired Ladder Shelf . This is one of the glues that David Marks recommended in his veneering and bent lamination class. There are several others. I would expect any of the urea-formaldehyde based glues to give good results.

Also, check out the the episode: Bent Laminate Lamp now running on DIY. There is a lot of useful tips applicable to any bent laminate project and using urea-formaldehyde based glue.

One other tip that I usually do not see mentioned regarding urea-formaldehyde based glue: urea-formaldehyde can be a serious respiratory irritant for some people. It irritates my sinuses, so I wear a respirator.

-- If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, who will cut it up into bowl blanks?