How To Apply Contact Cement • Using Laminate In Your Woodworking Shop - 2 of 4

http://AskWoodman.com/ This is the second video in a short series about using laminate to make shop work surfaces. Allan explains how laminate is made, demonstrates various ways of cutting laminate, how to apply the contact cement, and finally drill out holes to make it a clamping station.

Video 2 Details: AskWoodMan preps the surface using his Festool half sheet sander and Festool vacuum before applying contact cement using a roller. WoodMan recommends buying a long roller and cutting it into thirds to save money. He uses the Gundlach No. J200B 'J' Roller.
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Be sure to check out videos 2 through 4 in the Using Laminate In Your Woodworking Shop videos to learn more.
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[askwoodman]

@nemosinbad55 Whats your point other than anonymous passive aggressive whining? I made a mistake that I freely showed. A few pennies of contact cement is worthy of a comment?

[nemosinbad55]

you save money by cutting roller in half, then you waste contact adhesive ??

[askwoodman]

@ralph3163 Yes I should have cut the roller elsewhere. I used the top for a long time before laminating so the holder holes were there. They go thru ply into 4" lyptus about 2.5" inches. So drilling an accurate 6mm hole through almost 5" seems like trouble. . I can't remember the last time I used dowels for anything. I just don't use them. I do cut cross grained plugs on the drill press with plug cutters to cover screw holes though.

[ralph3163]

I was a bit surprised that, having carefully sanded and vacuumed the top, you then cut the roller on the same top afterwards. Also instead of calculating where the cable holder holes are, why not drill them through from the top first, glue the top op, then drill all holes from the bottom afterwards? You can then dowel the cable holes. Just a suggestion.