Edge banding - who uses what

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Oh Kev you want one. You know you want one. You know you'll buy one. Its a ticking time bomb waiting for your wallet to explode and buy one.  [big grin] [big grin]

 

[Loren Woirhaye]

I use an edge press.  It's a heated, pneumatic press.  They can be found used, particularly in Europe.  Here in the states they are uncommon.  I got mine from a liquidator for a tiny fraction of what it would have sold for new.   

There's an article by Terry Cain called "edgebanding with a press".  It's a method worth knowing about and if you ever encounter a press for sale you'll know what it's capable of.

I've heard good things about the Fastedge banding.  I'm personally rather sick of applying hot melt banding with an iron.  It's very boring.

Some people have made versions of a simple benchtop bander using a heat gun.  You could, if you were clever, build such a unit and add a variable speed power feeder.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Virutex is another option.