Thanks to Keith Kidder, He motivated me to start a translam project of my own. Using a CAD drawing software, I made few sketches and had a local shop cut a few templates using a CNC router. For me to have all the pieces cut using the CNC router, it is gonna cost me a fortune so I have decided to use a template and my home-made router table to laminate all the pieces and cut them one piece at a time. It is very time consuming and one problem I have come accross is that If one layer gets messed up, it is transferred to all the subsequent pieces. So far I have laminated 10 pieces in one day, and Based on my calculations I need around 40 1/2" pieces of Baltic Birch plywood.
I really found a great deal on the wood. I found a place here in LA called Allied Veneer Co. who cut 116 pieces if 18x13" BBB Baltic Birch plywood for $216.
What I have been doing so far is laminate a single layer at a time and cut with the router. I use 5/8" brad nails and glue to hold the wood, then use the router table to cut it using a laminate cutting bit. I may look into having this guy cut all the pieces with his CNC machine, since I am not 100% happy with the results. We will see.
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I really found a great deal on the wood. I found a place here in LA called Allied Veneer Co. who cut 116 pieces if 18x13" BBB Baltic Birch plywood for $216.
What I have been doing so far is laminate a single layer at a time and cut with the router. I use 5/8" brad nails and glue to hold the wood, then use the router table to cut it using a laminate cutting bit. I may look into having this guy cut all the pieces with his CNC machine, since I am not 100% happy with the results. We will see.
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