What Is Laminate Bending

In materials science a composite laminate is an assembly of layers of fibrous composite materials which can be joined to provide required engineering properties including in plane stiffness bending stiffness strength and coefficient of thermal expansion.

What is laminate bending.

Beginning with one end attach the laminate firmly to the edge of the counter and use your j roller to flatten and tighten it down. As we all know the thinner the part the easier it will conform to a curve. Belt sand the back of the laminate where it will bend around the corners. Cutting from a solid piece of wood.

Steaming wood to the required curve 3. I also like to use cork on the bending surfaces to help distribute the pressure evenly. Attach the laminate carefully. Gluing thin veneers strips of thin wood together to form the curve.

The individual layers consist of high modulus high strength fibers in a polymeric metallic or ceramic matrix material. Lamination is the process of bending many thin parts together and holding them in the desired shape until the glue between them. The entire form is covered in packing tape to prevent the glue from sticking. We started this wood bending series exploring simple and kerf bending.

The countertop will be 2 1 4 thick. As with the cold bending method you want to leave an extra 1 2 to the width of the laminate to trim later. In this edition we look at forming wood parts using thin laminates. Laminate several many layers using thin strips of wood called veneers.

Clamp the laminate strips to your table before sanding.