Video: "Working in a Vacuum - Advanced Vacuum Veneering - Page 1

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Imagine the Possibilities” That was Darryl Kiel’s rhetorical statement with the first video. With the second video covering curves and complex shapes, vacuum veneering offers so many more possibilities.
    Darryl is president and founder of Vacuum Pressing Systems and probably the one person who has done more to advance veneering than any one.
In his instructional videos, he shows each and every step to the detail that everyday woodworkers like you and I can follow...and achieve success.
    Without a doubt, these are advanced veneering skills used in this video, but the detail of instruction is so good, serious woodworkers should be sure to get a copy. I know I have watched my copy several times and when I get ready to try a new method, I watch again...it is that kind of video.
    “Fine Woodworking” magazine reviewed this video and gave it its highest marks.
    Be sure to review the “story board” of visuals from the video on these pages...and then if you really want to imagine the possibilities, go to Darryl’s website and order the video. You will be glad you did.
    By the way, next month, we will be doing decorative boxes and some will be constructed using veneered moldings...a technique learned from this video.

Video: "Working in a Vacuum - Advanced Vacuum Veneering, Curves and Shapes"


Darryl Kiel, a cabinet maker for 20 years and specializing in veneer work, is best known for developing the first vacuum veneer press for the woodworking industry. In this video, he presents his unique experience in vacuum veneering curves and shapes.	In his earlier instructional video, Darryl covered some advanced veneering methods used in flat work. Above, he holds a bow front drawer face of several veneers typical of work that is possible with veneering curved shapes.

This drawer front combines the beauty of mahogany crotch veneers with the edging of quilted maple. A thin veneer of Macassar ebony separates the two.	This cylinder is completely wrapped with veneer. Can you see the seam line? The seam is at the very front and is very tight—a product of what Darryl calls a two-step process.

Here a maple burl is veneered onto a commercially available cove molding. Darryl shows how to do it with some interesting hints. A more complex molding is also completed.	The veneer that wraps this bull nose shelf is Macassar ebony. To most, veneering this shape would seem impossible. Darryl shows how it is done with perfection. It makes for a beautiful shelf.

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