Workshop upgrade.
Over the last year, I’ve been doing more and more work with veneer and felt I was reaching the limitations of the vacuum bag set up on the table of my CNC router. In an effort to improve the efficiency and quality of my veneer work I decided to purchase and set up a vacuum frame press in the workshop.
It’s been a lot of work in the evenings and weekends to get it assembled and installed but it’s finally operational.
With the need to conserve valuable floor space I went with a wall-hung model. Of course, once the frame press was assembled and installed I discovered that lifting it is a two-man operation, which I’m not. That led to another project, researching, purchasing, and installing an electric winch to help me lift the table to stow it against the wall.
After many hours of work, the vacuum frame press is operational and I veneered a set of countertops with it over the weekend. I’m really pleased with the ease of use and am looking forward to many years of veneer pressing with it in the future.
