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   Mike_Maines_ | Jan 12, 2002 02:32am | #1

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   George, good to know that method works. I hate using contact cement with wood veneer. Were there any curved parts that the iron couldn't contact fully? Any shrinkage or problems with alignment? Any burning of the wood?

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   George_Ivins | Jan 12, 2002 03:20am | #2

   *Mike, The inside stringer was a tad tight with the iron but my trusty heat gun and roller took care of that.I aligned it as true as possible with push pins. It must have looked wierd 1 person handeling a limp noodle but I'm stubborn.I aligned the joint at the shortest poss location- square off the treads at the rise/run intersection which gave me a seam of+/-4". This was the area I worked out from.I did the stringers first and that allowed some "fudge". After that I was able to knife the rise flush and then apply the veneer to the risers once again knifeing them with a piece of veneer under the knife after which I used a sanding block to flush the seam at the riser. There is no visible shrinkage as yet and I suggested to the finisher to at least apply some sanding sealer and keep the climate controled. I believe that once the coats of glue have air dried and then are re heated the heat from the iron should dissapate any remaing moisture.

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   Stan_Foster | Jan 12, 2002 05:55am | #3

   *George: That sounds interesting. Do you have any pictures you could post? Was the bottom of the mitered stringer square? I had a curved stairs once that the owners wanted to change to all oak after it was built. I was going to veneer it, but they decided to keep it as it was.

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   George_Ivins | Jan 13, 2002 02:53am | #4

   *Stan, I'm a little fuzzy from the bug thats going around here. "bottom of mitered stringer square?" In relation to: the floor cut?, 3/4 thickness of the outside face stringer to the sheetrock? The grain runs square to the rake{paralell to the bottom of stringer} Hope this helps. I've got one of those 1 time use cameras that I keep with me but some times the pictures come out crappy, probably due to the fact that it's left in the truck till it's out of shots. I'm going to try to get this roll done on a disc if they will process it that way so I can post. Thanks for the reply GEO

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   Stan_Foster | Jan 13, 2002 04:13pm | #5

   *George: I meant to say was the bottom edge of the stringer profiled? If it was just a square edge, this would be easier to laminate, but if it had a roman ogee profile or something like that, then it would get complicated.

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   George_Ivins | Jan 14, 2002 04:20am | #6

   *Stan, We use either a rabbeted flex base cap or plain flex base cap for the stringer and radius balcony trim.It comes plain{paint grade}or grained{stain grade}. GEO