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This is not a paid promotion. This is a note for people who are interested in the gluing method with a vacuum pump. A traditional clamping system for large laminations or large veneers can be very heavy and taking up a big chunk of space. Fine furniture maker John Cameron recommended VacuPress in Maine. Ernie and I recently brought lamination samples there for a in person demo to learn how to properly glue stuff together with a vacuum pump. The owner of VacuPress is Darryl Keil. His website is www.vacupress.com. Darryl discovered this vacuum gluing method by drying his own hiking food over 35 years ago. Since then, he has been inventing, experimenting, failing, and succeeding in this field. The base board in the vacuum bag has channels routed for air to escape. The laminations or veneers and its furniture sit on top of the base board in the vacuum bag. A hose goes through the bag into the base board. The middle picture is Darryl dry fitting. Darryl formulates his own glue for veneering and lamination. It is thinner than regular glue and dries harder. He rolls the glue on each lamination, and wraps the whole thing with a film to keep woods from sliding. At the end of the vacuum bag, two long clips keep the bag air tight. The first picture below shows an even squeeze-out. This is a good sign of tight glue joint. The blue vacuum pump system in the second picture is invented by Darryl. He makes different models to coop with projects from for hobbyists to heavy duty. After about an hour of pressing, he unpacks the bag and checks the result. 24 hours later, we chopped the sample lamination to check the glue joint. It looks nice and tight. With this method, many projests can be accomplished without heavy clamps or pneumatic clamping system. Comments are closed.
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