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how to straighten bowed MDF???
danny_galaga:
hehe. i really oughta read the questions more carefully! being a cocktail man myself i would agree. better to straighten them out. i was thinking of uprights for some reason. it would definitely be fine in an upright.
actually, if it happened to me id be inclined to live with the cost of cutting some new panels rather than risk it in a cocktail.
neuromancer:
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--- Quote from: danny_galaga on August 27, 2004, 11:15:26 am ---if they are the side panels and its not severe then it should be ok to use as they are. when they are screwed to the supports theyll be straight. you should see how bent some pieces of wood are when they build houses!! but once theyre in the structure everything squares everything else
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True, but the top of a cocktail is generally open with nothing to totally square it back up, some slight bowing could remain. May not be noticeable but better safe than sorry.
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But the original post specifies that they are the side panels of the coctail cabinet.
If the panels are just bent (like when you take a piece of paper and bend it) then they will straighten out when you fasten them to their neighbors.
If the piece is actually bowed in the middle, but not on the edges (like bubble gum) then the design needs to incorporate structure that you can screw to across the middle of the panel, like a 1x4.
Is the veneer wood veneer that is only glued to one side? If that's the case, that's the cause of the warp, and if you press the boards flat, it's just going to come back. The *only* solutions (imo) are to either laminate both sides at the same time, or to accept the additional structure.
Bob