Students to create a fact file on wood lamination joining methods for plastics metals and adhesives.
Technology student laminating wood.
Complex shapes can be achieved with one piece of laminated material.
A hot iron is placed on top of the veneer.
Laminated wood is suitable for the head rest back rest and seat of the eames chair.
Laminating wood when making small curves it is best to laminate several many layers using thin strips of wood called veneers no steaming is required for small bends.
Many layers of wood are bonded together and the layers are then cut into either planks or sheets.
Mahogany is quite expensive and is used for good quality furniture and hardwood windows.
Laminated wood is suitable because it can be formed into relatively complex shapes and forms.
The natural wood gives a quality finish.
Students to investigate adhesives.
This warms and melts the glue.
Plywood or aeroply will give you the best results but you can also soak or steam your wood to make it more flexible if needed.
Examples of a hardwoods.
One side is natural wood and the other is a layer of glue adhesive.
These processes are ideal for printed posters that need an additional layer of protection.
To get started cut three pieces of 3 mm thick wood.
Students to create a wood laminated wooden chip fork.
It is pale in colour quite easy to cut and shape and machines relatively well.
Max thickness of laminates veneers is 3mm.
It is positioned on the edge of the manmade board natural wood side facing upwards.
The natural wood gives the ideal finish to furniture such as chairs.
Commercial lamination takes two forms.
A strip of veneer is cut slightly longer than the edge of the board.
Cold lamination and hot lamination.
It is light brown in colour and more difficult to use compared to pine.
Here is an easy trick to glue laminate wood evenly with minimal sanding.
These planks or sheets are then used for a variety of purposes including making furniture stout flooring and this type of wood is often used in truck beds and vans as well.
Both processes are similar as they utilise rollers pressing a layer of polyethylene against a printed surface.
Complex shapes can even be achieved with one piece of laminated material.
Laminated wood is an inexpensive and functional way of recycling what would otherwise be considered wood waste.
When thin layers of veneer are glued together forming one part they are called laminates.
