I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:
http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/
http://www.edgecoinc.com/
http://dc-dist.com/
http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)
The T-profile mouldings sold by Outwater Plastics are pretty
straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.
I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?
(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)
--
Ben Jackson AD7GD
<[email protected]>
http://www.ben.com/
On Nov 24, 6:14=A0pm, Ben Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
> to what you see on office furniture. =A0It's surprisingly hard to find.
> I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.edgecoinc.com/
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://dc-dist.com/
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.canplast.com/=A0(a manufacturer?)
>
> The T-profile mouldings sold by Outwater Plastics are pretty
> straightforward. =A0Cut a slot with a router and push it in.
>
> I'm curious about the PVC products. =A0Are those just applied like
> laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? =A0Is it practical do to
> this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?
>
> (I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
> does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)
>
> --
> Ben Jackson AD7GD
> <[email protected]>http://www.ben.com/
Ben, you can buy T-moulding all over the place. There are a couple of
tricks to that stuff.
Make sure the slot is not too tight. You don't want the insertion to
widen/split the edge.
Also, make sure the T-moulding slot is set just a wee bit high, so
that the edge peeks out a little bit from the top. 1/64 th if you can
get it, 1/32 if you must. But not below the surface.
Take a very sharp chisel and trim the excess...the word is SHARP.
Approach with the chisel leaned back on the laminate as a guide.
Also, make sure the stuff isn't too warm when you cut it to length.
Most will shrink a wee bit when cooling. It is always better to be a
little bit long.
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:14:34 GMT, Ben Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
>I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
>to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
>I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:
>
> http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/
> http://www.edgecoinc.com/
> http://dc-dist.com/
> http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)
>
>The T-profile mouldings sold by Outwater Plastics are pretty
>straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.
>
>I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
>laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
>this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?
>
>(I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
>does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)
Woodworkers hardware http://wwhardware.com/ has it (t-edging) and a
couple other alternatives, and even Rockler's has it (t-molding)
I've used it on some utility shop stuff. If you need to bend a tight
radius, you may have to notch the pronged part in the area of the
curve. If you do that, it will bend a tight radius.
HTH,
Paul F.
http://www.fastcap.com/
These boys have all that and more....
Several others have commented on the correct
installation... Remember..plastic will shrink
and expand with temp changes.
Ben Jackson wrote:
> I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
> to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
> I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:
>
> http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/
> http://www.edgecoinc.com/
> http://dc-dist.com/
> http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)
>
> The T-profile mouldings sold by Outwater Plastics are pretty
> straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.
>
> I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
> laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
> this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?
>
> (I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
> does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)
>
I have got to start reading a little better...
You wanted T-mold, which FastCap doesn't sell
but their edging is quite good and I do recommend
that.
For T-Mold, I would go to Hafele:
http://www.hafele.com/us/index.htm
Ben Jackson wrote:
> I want to make a desk with a laminate top and treat the edge similar
> to what you see on office furniture. It's surprisingly hard to find.
> I've turned up a few suppliers from old rec.woodworking posts:
>
> http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/
> http://www.edgecoinc.com/
> http://dc-dist.com/
> http://www.canplast.com/ (a manufacturer?)
>
> The T-profile mouldings sold by Outwater Plastics are pretty
> straightforward. Cut a slot with a router and push it in.
>
> I'm curious about the PVC products. Are those just applied like
> laminate and trimmed/rouneded with a router? Is it practical do to
> this for a few desks or are there specialized tools required?
>
> (I know wood is a perfectly good edge treatment too, but the end user
> does not want wood and given the curves I'm not inclined to argue!)
>