Minimalist Wallet from Wood Magazine

The plan from Wood magazine has the plans, I am only following them. The one change is I am going to cut the pieces out on the Shapeoko instead of sawing them out. Today I got all the layers glued up and put them in the press over night. I used Titebond III and left them in the press for about 45 minutes. I did the first one and removed it and inserted the second of 6 layers (actually 12) I am making 2). The first one started to curl up so I got a piece of mdf and put the lamination under it with about 6 bricks on it and added layers as they came out of the press. When the last one came out of the press I put them all back in with glad wrap between each layer. I will look at them in the morning. If necessary I can resaw some oak to 1/16 inch thick and simply laminate the layers together from solid wood.

I also cut out a holding jig that is 8x8 inches with a 4.5x4.5 inch hole and the 4 holes are for the two inch spacing on my threaded spoil board. The laminations are about 6x6 inches square. I will put the lamination under the hold down, bolt it down and then cut the individual layers.

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