Corian inset panel, radius wall

[Crazyraceguy]

I have had this one sitting in the background of the last few jobs. I got started on it weeks ago, but it got pushed back several times. I got back to it twice and pulled off each time. I finally back to it Friday and finished today.
This sort of leaves me with pics of stages. The Corian backing in the stripe is one of the first parts installed and everything builds over it. This one is such a large radius that it didn't require thermo-forming, especially with the 1/4" thick Corian. The thinner material is only available in a couple of colors (variations of white)

 

[Lincoln]

Nice work. Is your Corian done in-house?

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Nice work. Is your Corian done in-house?

Yes, even when it is thermoformed, though this one didn't need to be. That's only because of the color though. If it had been anything other than a very small selection of whites, it would have been too thick to bend cold. This is a pretty large radius and the 1/4" material will bend that much, just by gravity. It is easily clamped in place and "glued" with clear silicone. There is a kerf-plywood substrate behind it and the 2 layers make each other stronger. The band is also wider than what is ultimately exposed. The outer layer is also supported by and adhered to it.

We do pretty much everything in-house, with the exception of stone and metal. We have local fab shops for each of those. 

A couple of examples of previous jobs
The desk front is the usual 1/2" Corian. This is a very common thing for me.
The column wraps where a bit of a challenge. That was a collaboration with the solid surface department, still in-house, just not me alone.
I built the forms for the vacuum press and the glueing fixture, and another to straight-edge the seams.
It took two of us the get them in and out of the forms, to glue the quarters into halves.  The vacuum press has the heating chamber built into it. He did the final removal from the glue fixture and completed seam sanding/overall finishing. They went out as half rounds and wrapped around existing posts. That was done by our installers. IIRC, there were 4 columns, so we repeated this several times.

 

[Michael Kellough]

It must be satisfying to successfully produce such large complex projects.
I hope you don’t miss it too much when you retire.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Michael, honestly it would be more satisfying to see these things completed/installed, which I rarely do.
For some, that is because of distance, others are in private businesses, where access is a problem.
Others are in hospitals, which I'd rather avoid, [big grin] or courthouses (even more)
I often spend time, before or after work, on smaller projects. That's how I got into the chaos cutting board thing. It is a good way to use up scraps too. I have done a few tables, for myself and family/friends, along with a couple of kitchens. These are the types of things I would rather do, and do them at home, in my own shop.
I don't do as much in my spare time, during the summer though, since the heat makes it unbearable.
I start getting into it more as fall kicks in. That was the motivation for the mini-split at home, so I can be out there year-round.
The huge job, that I have been working on since at least February, is a lobby and bar for a historical hotel. It's about 60 miles away. A few of us have planned to make the drive out there to see it, once it finally opens. That was supposed to be last fall, so.....