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   eddiefromAustralia | Mar 13, 2009 10:29pm | #1

   HI Richard,

   Thanks for the link - I pilfered a copy.

   I've only had to do this once.

   It sure beats flattening the veneers by someone standing on a board while you work on them. (which I've also had to do at a pinch.)

   Cheers,

   eddie

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   brad805 | Mar 13, 2009 11:22pm | #2

   GF20 is a great flattening solution too.  Not quite as messy, and I have found it works better with some crotches or burls.  I dont know if it is distributed in AU, but Veneer Systems might. 

   Brad

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   SgianDubh | Mar 14, 2009 01:12am | #3

   Eddie, I've modified that veneer flattening article. I've added some rather distorted photos-- cheap lenses and cameras do it every time, ha, ha. You might want to revisit this same link and save it again. It's a bit larger PDF document now I'm afraid at nearly 150 kb.

   Here is another new short article on calculating springback in bent wooden laminations you might find useful. It's a PDF again, but less than 50 kb. Slainte.richardjonesfurniture.com

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   eddiefromAustralia | Mar 14, 2009 02:04am | #4

   Hi Richard,

   I'll repost this, I had a computer hang the first time.

   Thanks for the updated link(s). They'll be useful.

   As a quid-pro-quo, I wrote the attached for our senior (GSCE level) furniture students for state-wide use last year. It might be of use to your juniors.

   Basics of calculating timber quantities and costs

   Follow through the link on this front page to the timber pages. THe excel cutting/extension list seems to have a broken link. I'll have to get the site manager to reload it - he's working on things at the moment.

   Cheers,

   eddie

   Edited 3/13/2009 7:05 pm by eddiefromAustralia

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   SgianDubh | Mar 14, 2009 11:47am | #7

   Thanks for the reciprocal link Eddie. There are useful tips and techniques in there. It's interesting to see how people in other countries do things slightly differently. For instance, here we still buy timber mostly in cubic feet, especially at the smaller one-off project level, and the big boys tend to be the ones that buy in cubic metres. I've never come across DAR before, but I got it immediately. Thanks again. Slainte.richardjonesfurniture.com

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   boilerbay | Mar 14, 2009 02:47am | #5

   Hi Richard,

   Thanks for the post. Your articles are some of the more concise and helpful that float up around here. Always appreciate them and make sure to "borrow" them for my files.

   Boiler

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 14, 2009 03:40am | #6

   Thanks for the link Richard, as I just recently got into the veneer thing from economic necessity. Any tips as these are helpful even though I haven't run into this... yet. BTW... I completely went through you web-site about a week ago and you have it arranged very well at this stage even for a computer illiterate as I. Well done on that issue.

   Regards...

   Sarge..