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- From: davek@informix.com (David Kosenko)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: advice on laminate work
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.204009.17913@informix.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:40:09 GMT
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- pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu writes:
- >I bought a used table with an 84 by 18" by 1.5" formica laminate top,
- >and need to shorten it by 3 inches and finish it back up. It is
- >50's or 60's and I dont know if it is wood or particle board underneath.
- >
- >The problem is I don't know how it will work, and am afraid of shattering
- >the top, or ending with an unfinishable edge.
- >
- >I thought of doing a salami end cut, where I cut off the rounded end,
- >make another cut out from the middle, and glue the end back on. This
- >will result in original edge banding, but a visible formica join.
-
-
- How about taking all the material out of the middle? Then the table would
- still have the visible formica join, but it would look like a table with
- a removable leaf. You could even take a bigger chunk and make a leaf for
- it, so you could make it even smaller if the occasion required it.
-
- Dave
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