http://www.diyinfo.org/wiki/In_The_Workshop
Excellent site - lots of useful free plans there too, on such diverse projects as garden furniture and beehives. I've added it to my 'favourites'.
As to veneering, I'm not sure that Colin ('Retired') would agree with the assertion on the website that: "The traditional veneer sticking techniques using hot animal glues are too complex for ordinary use, and with the general availability of modern adhesives they are also unnecessary".
Animal glues aren't so much 'complex' to use as messy and more involved than using PVA. The glue needs to be heated up in a two-part container like a 'Bain Marie' with the heated water in the outer container melting the glue in the innner glue-pot. In my limited experience, if PVA adhesive seeps through to the surface of the veneer, it will leave a 'bloom' on the surface, but I'm not holding myself out to be an expert. I had a 2-pot glue kettle for animal glue, which was the norm until PVA and contact adhesive became widely adopted, but down the years, it's gone walkabout, so if all I was doing was a small veneering job on a radio, I'd probably take the easy route and use 'Titebond' (nickname 'yeller' because of its colour) rather than animal glue.
David
Excellent site - lots of useful free plans there too, on such diverse projects as garden furniture and beehives. I've added it to my 'favourites'.
As to veneering, I'm not sure that Colin ('Retired') would agree with the assertion on the website that: "The traditional veneer sticking techniques using hot animal glues are too complex for ordinary use, and with the general availability of modern adhesives they are also unnecessary".
Animal glues aren't so much 'complex' to use as messy and more involved than using PVA. The glue needs to be heated up in a two-part container like a 'Bain Marie' with the heated water in the outer container melting the glue in the innner glue-pot. In my limited experience, if PVA adhesive seeps through to the surface of the veneer, it will leave a 'bloom' on the surface, but I'm not holding myself out to be an expert. I had a 2-pot glue kettle for animal glue, which was the norm until PVA and contact adhesive became widely adopted, but down the years, it's gone walkabout, so if all I was doing was a small veneering job on a radio, I'd probably take the easy route and use 'Titebond' (nickname 'yeller' because of its colour) rather than animal glue.
David
