Once again I'm being asked to have a back beveled fingerpull on stain grade material (grain matched 3/4" MDF Rift White Oak in this case) . Is there a machine for this? We are a small custom shop.
In another forum someone mentioned a Festool Contouro
Here's the slow method we've come up with:
1. Back bevel veneered door
2. hand apply Titebond 1 to 1MM banding and edge of door, wait for it to dry (ish),
3. hand iron on
4. Trim excess with a chisel or flush rout...by hand
We've tried :
Applying solid square banding but clamping a bevel requires some special clamping attack which we've not been able to refine to the point of a repeatable/consistent outcome. We did try cutting a flat on top of both the door and the mating wood banding, but that crept and tilted under pressure of clamps as well. Using cauls seems too time consuming/clunky and the glue squeeze out under the cauls makes me a little nervous cuz cleanup (Oak turning black, etc)
Gluing on square, solid stock and then back beveling interrupts grain pattern so no fly zone there
I believe contact cement is still (in this modern age) a no fly zone (correct me if Im wrong)
Im sending my guy to the AWFS fair in a couple weeks. Maybe he will find a method there.
Outsourcing = no control over grain matching
Thank you for any responses