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Just wondering how many are or have used the Vacuum method and Vacuum Table in helping to glue walls or other pieces of woodwork together on your build?

This is what we have used and will use again here in Finland. Our Mahogany veneer was applied to the interior with this method together with a huge heat press . As well as the outer skin.






Classic Finn

Wow! Looks way to fancy and expensive too!

TPMcGinty wrote:Wow! Looks way to fancy and expensive too!

Hi Tim

That table was made by a friend of mine. It has a huge pump to run the table and it is powerful. He runs a Caravan Business not far from us.

They dont use it a whole lot but whenever some bigger repairs are needed on Caravans or Motorhomes. Its at my disposal whenever I want to use it though.

The table is all stainless steel even the screen top you see.

Classic Finn

Finn....Bruce Osborne vacuum bagged his walls in his garage, nice tool to have available. Doug

I used to vacuum bag all the time at the last shop I worked in. We mostly used it for objects that weren't flat or too hard to veneer using conventional methods. We also used to vacuum bag large objects like conference tables, usually because they were done with exotic veneers that needed long clamp times due to the fact we used yellow glue as opposed to contact cement for bonding.

I recently watched several youtube videos of a process using a vacuum table and fiberglass resin. Foam sheet or wood was laid on the table, then a couple layers of fiberglass, lay the plastic sheet over the top, vacuum hose on one end, bucket of resin on the other.

Start the pump and the fiberglass resin is drawn across the panel and perfectly saturates and bonds the fiberglass cloth.

Here is a video of a guy infusing a small part on his workbench.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP6H3pMeVSs


do a search of vacuum infusion and resin infusion and you will see everything fom surfboards to boat hulls and rudders.

This looks like a great way to do sides, doors, even curved hatches that are lightweight and structural strong with insulating qualities.[url][/url]