Randy's Dinette & Corian Project

[Rob Robinson]

Hi John. The Corian is black and everything you see as off-white is Formic
laminate. We put the Formica on flat and curved surfaces. Many of the dinette
corners were rounded (approx 2" radius). Randy had a source for the rounded
corners. Essentially it was a pre-made moulding that accepted 3/4" plywood at
ninety degrees. It wasn't a perfect fit as we all know that 3/4" plywood isn't
3/4". This is where Randy's Mark V eyeball and DA sander came into play. As for
the vertical seam this is a boo boo that will be fixed later by Luke Scanlon.
Before we learned to bend the Formica properly we cracked it and had to join it
in this area. Luke has the means of hiding these screwups.
Rob, Sue & Merlin
94 WLWB


Quoting John Suter :

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> > Hi John. If by 'chair back' you mean the dinette
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>   Thanks Rob, but no, not the cushions. It's very
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> formica, which is corian (although I assume the
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>   My question was about the grey/white, left
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> foreground product, which forms the outer shell
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> surface of the "chair back" and has a very uniform
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> roll - could be described as the outside of what
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> name, and did you fellows make that "roll;" if so,
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>   A separate question is about the surface that is
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> product. There appears to be a 2-3" vertical seam
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> across its face leading me to wonder if that joint is
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> purchased as rolled, and the other flat like formica
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> stock?? Might you have some more pictures from
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>   Can you better describe/point out which surface is
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>   Thanks,
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> John
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> > > Very nice and quite impressive!
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> > >   What is the material used for the chair back
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> > > foreground in picture) and is it the laminate that
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> > > shaped with the heat gun to what appears to be a
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> > > degree vertical bend?
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> > > John Suter
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> > > --- Rob Robinson wrote:
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> > > > Thanks to John Finn we now have some photos of
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> > > > Randy's completed project. This
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> > > > project consisted of constructing a new dinette,
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> > > > small storage cupboard and a
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> > > > half dozen Corian surfaces. Since I was fairly
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> > > > inexperienced with laminate work
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> > > > this became Randy's department and before long
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> > > > figured out how best to put
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> > > > the stuff on. Thank goodness for the heat gun
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> > that
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> > > > was loaned to us. The stuff
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> > > > really doesn't like to go around corners without
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> > > > little thermo persuasion.
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> > > > Corian (actually Formica brand) was another
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> > > > This stuff was new to both
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> > > > of us. We checked out the internet and found the
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> > > > stuff cuts and shapes pretty
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> > > > much like wood with a few exceptions. While I
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> > > > cutting and shaping Randy was
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> > > > teaching himself how to polish the stuff. His
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> > > > automotive tools and polishing
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> > > > compounds did the trick. He sanded each piece
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> > > > 320 and then buffed the hell
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> > > > out of them with various abrasive grits and
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> > > > polishes. The results speak for
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> > > > themselves. All in all it was a great project
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> > > > learned a lot. If I did it
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> > > > again I'd make sure I had a router table. The
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> > > > red-neck router table that was
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> > > > cobbled together scared the hell out of me. But
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> > > > that's another story LOL.
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> > > > Here's the link John Finn has provided for the
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