Shaping V-Lam

[pete..]

im building a v-lam carver soon and im wondering how to get camber or a kicktail. If i just press it i would need thinner strips so that there's more peices and more glue to hold the shape?



is it possible to get concave?

[pete..]

bump and a new question,what would a press to get camber and kick out of a v-lam look like?

[Momona Boe]

a V-lam with concave, camber, and kicktail would require a pretty elaborate mold/clamp or vacbag system.

Either that or make it super thick and then sand in concave and kicktail.

[pete..]

anyone have pictures of a press?
i don't want to deal with a vac bag yet.

just in case anyone was wondering the board will be 8 1/2 inches wide with 7 different peices(vertical plies) will that have enough glue to keep a shape?