Main > Main Forum
Need advice on laminate and melamine
RetroACTIVE:
--- Quote ---Will I have a problem drilling through it with a 15mm forstner bit?
--- End quote ---
I laminated my cab inside and out, I needed to drill 25mm pocket holes for the post-cam locks... I had no problems whatsoever, the forstner bit made nice clean cut! However, be sure to drill a pilot hole first (I used a 1/16 bit), because the forstner bit will not stay in one place too easily on laminate. There are different types of forsner bits too... mine was not the kind with the "teeth" that pull into the material, it had straight blades on it.
--- Quote ---Is it really worth the jump between melamine and laminate?
--- End quote ---
Yes!... but keep in mind, black laminate shows oily fingerprints really well... however, it is damn near indestructable and can be cleaned/scrubbed without mucking up the finish.
Tahnok:
Thanks for the information everybody. I think all my questions have been answered.
Tahnok:
One more thing I have thought of. What if I cut out all the pieces and then laid them on the sheet of laminate? I could then just run my router along them and trim everything up, right? I don't want to put too much stress on my router and bit by cutting out all the pieces with it. The way I figure it, I can still cut out the pieces with normal tools without having to worry about chipping, and then use my router for cutting the laminate only. Will this raise any problems?
I just want to be sure. This laminate is not cheap I don't want to mess up an entire sheet.
GoPodular.com:
The best way to do that is to rough cut the laminate first, slightly oversizing it. Then lay the pieces all out.
I'll sketch out how to do it and post a graphic.
GoPodular.com:
Applying glue to the whole sheet and positioning the pieces sounds good until you need to flip a 4'x8' piece of laminate with 100 pieces of wood attached to it. It's very easy to crack the laminate doing it like that. It can work, but here's how I was taught to do it. You can rough cut the laminate to the approximate size needed for each piece. Just make sure to think it through so you ALWAYS have some play room when you put the laminate on the wood. If you have a "U" shape, you'll need to reposition the laminate part way through, or you'll paint yourself into a corner.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version