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Premium Member Comment by Jack Glenn on November 8, 2011 at 19:59

fitz gave me a run down on how to make a concrete press a few weeks back.. i ran the idea past one of my design teachers at school and two weeks later we had this...

 

 

 

 

Premium Member Comment by Steve on November 7, 2011 at 17:13

3mm hoop ply will work fine in your press as long as you don't get too greedy with both the concave and the rocker. Have a nice healthy concave and small rocker or less concave with a bigger rocker. Also the more ribs the better   : )

Premium Member Comment by Deeks63 on November 7, 2011 at 17:09

OK, cool, quite elaborate then.  I've made a couple fo simple presses (check out my photos if you want).  That makes a nice even concave and you can realy apply some pressure.  Plyco will supply you ply (I guess as the name infers) not single veneers I guess - I used 1.5mm hoop pine ply in a Roarockit vacuum bag and it made a killer board I'm getting a lot of fun out of.  Post your pics when your ready - be keen to see.

Comment by Anton Zalewski on November 7, 2011 at 16:29

hey, thanks for responding. The design of the press is a little hard to explain, ill post pics eventually, but its basically ribs for the concave, and along the length of the deck ill make each rib higher or lower (as well as rotate if necessary) to make the rocker. I've called plyco for the hoop pine. Ill probably get the 3mm sheet (af A-C hoop pine) and go from there

Premium Member Comment by Deeks63 on November 7, 2011 at 13:59

Hay Anton - welcome aboard (no pun intended!) - a rib-press should be able to do all layers in one go for basic concave - rocker is a little harder with a rib-press, but should still be acheiveable.  What is your rib-press setup like if you don't mind me asking? Also, I'm Melb based - where did you source you veneer? (again if it's not an issue to divulge your sources) Deeks.

Comment by Anton Zalewski on November 7, 2011 at 13:38

hey guys, im new to this group and to board building. I finally found out where to get hoop pine in melbourne so im gonna start my first project this summer. ------------Question: Will i be able to rib-press tub concave and a tiny bit of rocker into 4-5 layers of 3mm layers? or should i get the 1.5 mm and use 9 layers. Im asking because the latter is twice as expensive. Thanks

Comment by Alexander on November 3, 2011 at 13:47

heres my press in action and the shape the board will eventually be the board will be 4 layers of 3mm marine grade hoop pine with fibre glass on both sides and yes this press is made of steel i knocked it up at school in an hour

 

and heres what this little beauty should look like when done

 

Comment by Beuner HE (Bamboo veneer) on October 27, 2011 at 23:23

Normally, we seek one crate for regular sea shipment. For very small order/test, we only could send them via courier, like DHL, FedEx and TNT ect. Please let me know the dimension and how many you need. I will reply you with courier cost.

Premium Member Comment by Deeks63 on October 27, 2011 at 22:17

Ditto Joe - what's the low-down on sizes and costing?

Comment by JoeyC on October 27, 2011 at 21:55

what is the minumun amount? Id love to get my hands on some but dont really want a whole crate!

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