Gluing Melamine Router Table Top

[Matthew Curtis]

I am wanting to make a Router table top out of 3/4" Melamine. What glue works best to glue two layers together? Is there any gluing Technique that may help? Do I need to screw it together in any particular way (i.e pre drill holes)?? Would it be better to glue the top sheet of Melamine to something other than Melamine?

[Steve Bracken]

I am wanting to make a Router table top out of 3/4" Melamine. What glue works best to glue two layers together? Is there any gluing Technique that may help? Do I need to screw it together in any particular way (i.e pre drill holes)?? Would it be better to glue the top sheet of Melamine to something other than Melamine?

I wouldn't use melamine. Although it's a nice shiny surface, it isn't very durable, and will soon wear through.

A sheet of Formica bonded to 3/4" Baltic Birch Ply would be a longer lasting proposition. The plywood is strong enough as it stands, but you could beef up the area below the cut-out, maybe with some 1/2 glued to it. You shouldn't need screws.

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[Matthew Curtis]

In that case is it possible to glue formica to melamine?

[Steve Bracken]

In that case is it possible to glue formica to melamine?

Yes.

And you could also glue the laminate to the underside, so both sides would be coated.

[glenn bradley]

Roo Glue (http://www.rooglue.com/) will glue your melamine but I would sure rethink using it.