Hammer Veneering VIDEO NOW SORRY!

[rgogo65]

In the 17Th and 18Th Century there were no "Vacuum Bags" but creating a vacuum was nothing new and it was done with the simplest tools, long before electricity or vacuum pumps were invented, and WITHOUT CLAMPS of any kind.

Since I'm pretty much confined to bed now, I've been studying some of the old ways of doing things, (Mother has even let me practice some of it on a tray she's put together so I can use glue in bed w/o gluing my....huhhhh SELF to the bed..hahahaha!)

Anyway, back to the subject, if you aren't familiar with the term "Hammer Veneering" it isn't at all what it sounds like. It works. It's simple and doesn't take $100's of dollars worth of tools to accomplish great looking results.

So if you have dificullty with the veneer or head plates this may be the answer.

I can explain it all day but as usual, a picture is worth a 1000 words...so watch this VID and it pretty much says it all...Take a look and think about all the possibilities...sometimes, old simple ways are better.

Ray

http://woodtreks.com/category/technique ... marquetry/

[rgogo65]

OPPS! here it is:

http://woodtreks.com/category/technique ... marquetry/

Sorry

Ray

So if you have dificullty with the veneer or head plates this may be the answer.

I can explain it all day but as usual, a picture is worth a 1000 words...so watch this VID and it pretty much says it all...Take a look and think about all the possibilities...sometimes, old simple ways are better.

Ray

http://woodtreks.com/category/technique ... marquetry/

Ray,
Thanks for the link to that excellent video. Seems to be fairly easy when an expert is demonstrating.
A must-see for anyone with interest in hide glue procedure is linked on the same page:

http://woodtreks.com/animal-protein-hid ... tory/1549/

Regards,
tommy

[deadedith]

That was a REALLY interesting vid, Ray, thanks.
Dave

[Jim_H]

Really cool stuff. I just hope my boss doesn't realize how much time I spent on that site today!

[Kevin Sjostrand]

That is pretty neat Ray, thanks for sharing. We could probably do some veneering on the inside of our guitars just to dress them up.
Sorry to hear your health is getting worse too. Do what you can and enjoy it!

Kevin