I made this video to show how I make my own laminated wood whenever I need extra strength or a larger size that I don't have Don't forget to visit www.workshopth... !
Never never ever ever pass your hand o e the the planer blades with your bare hands, always always always use a push stick or similar over the cutting blades, 30 years ago I did not do this and I spent 5 hours on the operating table having the palm of my hand put back together and even today still suffer the pain I that injury the operator in this video is making a very very serious mistake in handling a very dangerous power tool
Good video, but I have a couple of comments/suggestions. Assuming a board is straight along it's major axis (length)... you should not need to flatten the boards first as the clamping process will straighten any minor warps or twists in the board. You should only need to plane them to your desired thickness. Also... I've seen rigs where, after the glued wood was stacked, they used threaded rod bolted through steel u-channel around the wood to clamp them together. Different lengths of rod and channel will give you the ability to accommodate thicker and wider boards than the u-shaped clamps that you are currently using and they are MUCH easier (and cheaper) to add or replace.
To all the ArmChair Experts. There are many types of LamBeams (This IS! a LAMBEAM.. Period.) To confirm this, I was involved in a Church Project(I was the Electrical contractor)But the church used Lam Beams that were steam curved, glued together in this exact manner,. and guess what.... The "stamped" "approved" and 'engineered" set of drawings or plans so another expert doesn't lay disclaim to this. The Key Words on the drawings Lam Beams. The invoice to the Tune of $500,000 Description qty. 25 Lam Beams. Again, like it or not... just because you "THINK" these are not Lamination (they ARE.!!!)
This is very interesting. I’m trying to decide what method to use to build a greenhouse and am looking for options. I find a lot of shoddily built greenhouses online, usually using solid 2x4s, at best. The constant changes in humidity/temp and the differential between indoor and outdoor can use up solid wood in just a couple seasons. Anyway, not sure what I’ll land on in the end, but this is very useful info. Thanks.
I believe so. For thickness the limit is the opening of the clamps. Lengthwise, you'll have to joint boards end to end, i think a finger joint would be perfect (at least that is what I used when I had to)
The real question is, how do you make these beautiful laminated beams without the super scary machine with the giant exposed cutter head, 0:34? I have one, but I don't think I am brave enough to ever use it.
Thank you. I have watched a lot of safety videos on the jointer, but reading the comments, there are always so many horror stories, and nobody ever explains why they got hurt, so it makes me nervous to use one.@@workshoptherapy
You have to pick the right boards and properly match the rings to make each board hold to the other. The wood must be well dried and you have to use good quality glue. Also, a perfectly flat surface makes a large enough contact surface so the boards stay together.
Bottom line- the surface area of the glue is far stronger than the wood grains. If you were to theoretically pry these apart- the wood would splinter apart, not the joint.
This is the only channel on RU-vid, out of the millions of videos, that isn't using dollar store milk based glue. Well done, for using real glue. @@workshoptherapy
I used D4 class polyurethane glue for this one. It can also work with pva glue, but I think pu is the best as it doesn't get affected by water, no matter what.
Yeah you went from a 2x6 to a 1x6 ..... Glue all the 2x6s together will be stronger than what you made... just buy really nice 2x6... not impressed at all I’ve been in construction all my life, sure looks nice and all but not 2x6s strength
How about stability though? I know on small scale a 2x6 is no big deal, but when you start dealing with 6x8 etc they really love to twist and check and split. Would laminating help?
So the advantage of all this work is that laminated beams (it is a laminate) is the permanent lack of warpage. Once you have several boards glued together, it removes 95% of the warpage present in solid wood. I have some 40 year old laminated pieces of hardwood and they are dead flat and straight, despite being outdoors in a shop for 40 years. It's very difficult to find a solid piece of wood that doesn't warp when exposed to super high humidity swings. You can take two warped boards, and just screw and glue them together with their convex faces against each other, and it will make them flat, and they won't warp again.
Sorry, I'm not a native english speaker. This is the closest term that I found, other than glulam. As far as I know, glulam is a brand name, even though it's often used as a noun.
@@workshoptherapy This is a thin coating that is placed on the boards. Kind of like adding edging to the sides of the board. It is similar to laminating a document. A sheet is added to protect it from damage, especially from water. This is lamination below. The clip is not mine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HKTAOp9oCec.html
@@workshoptherapy A thin coating that protects the wood / board from damage and especially from water. This is lamination below. The clip is not mine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HKTAOp9oCec.html
Actually, laminating describes the process, not the materials. Gluing different layers is called lamination. My video shows the process of laminating wood. Yours shows the lamination of melamine over particle board. Even though they look like some totally different things, they are called the same. Please do some research before stating a video is fake. I do understand that you got mad because you were looking for something in particular and found something else, but try to avoid directly blaming others. Thanks!
@@workshoptherapy I'm sorry. It turns out that you can say almost anything lamination, which is simply absurd. It actually turns out that papier mache is also lamination. Each particle board is laminated, and the coating is also laminated. Lamination of laminated board. It just sounds absurd. It should be something quite specific.
