how do you attach your edging?

[Stone Message]

Peter that looks fantastic. I'm usually stuck using edgetape as I don't have a jointer/planer set up to make 1/8" or similar edge material for veneer panel construction. I have used the store bought lengths of 1/8" edging, but the application is never quite quick and easy. Any bends in the material must be wrestled with, and as you clamp it down the strips has some tendency to shift around under clamping pressure, upon the lubricity of the wet glue. I usually end up using blue tape, but this often leaves me with a hairline of glue between the panel and edge, and it gets tricky to clean the squeeze out with all that tape in the way.

It would be great if a company offered wood edge stock in various thicknesses/depths for cabinetry, that came with a tab or detail in the profile that fit an available router bit to be used on the panel edge. This would be fast, easy and solve some of the assembly issues. So that one could do as Peter is doing, but with storebought stock, not needing to mill any wood down. The number of smaller shops I've seen/worked in that lack the jointer/planer machines is surprisingly high, so I think there would be a niche market for this that would include much of the hobbyist market too.

That sounds like a great idea but I am afraid that it would take a huge amount of marketing power to get it universally accepted.

Once you have tried using a glue line cutter (there are a number of different designs made by most cutter makers) then you will find that it is quick and easy to make up your own stock. It is the sort of thing that you can do early in a job, created in the workshop and then carried to the site as required. If you get the CMS-OF system then you can do it all on site as required.

Peter

 

[sancho57]

Hard wood edging I glue and pin it with a 23ga pinner and use tape, For reg edge band, I use the wifes old Iron and trim with the 1010

 

[TomGadwa1]

I cut thin strips of nosing to 12 mm. Then I use the 4 mm dominos for clean attachment. Using glue and numerous clamps this gives a permanent and perfect ( no nail or pin holes ) look on the nosing! I usually make the nosing slightly thicker than the material to be edged and then use the MFK700 router to trim it flush. This will produce long lasting and attractive results.