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ken hatch
05-06-2016, 7:31 PM
I'm a sucker for any new shiny object, what can I say other than it is what it is. The Plano Vertical Panel Press caught my eye a couple of weeks ago....I just happened to have enough wall space to hang it, I had to have it. I spent most of yesterday putting it together, mostly because I'm old, can't see, and instructions...What's that.

Here it is on the wall, I didn't have time to make a panel today but that will be Job1 tomorrow. Its first go will be the lid for the new tool box.

More when I know more:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh222/VTXAZ/planoVerticalClamp160506_zpsaxdmqbnw.jpg
Brian Holcombe
05-06-2016, 7:49 PM
Awesome Ken, that's gotta make life easy.
Jim Belair
05-06-2016, 7:57 PM
That looks pretty slick. Anxious to see it in action.

Not sure I'd pay $400 for one but slick nevertheless.
Ralph Boumenot
05-07-2016, 7:01 AM
I used one of these in the Navy woodshop. They had turned that one horizontal to keep the glue from dripping the face in the vertical mode.
Chris Fournier
05-07-2016, 7:08 AM
I too bought one of these for a large run of end grain butcher blocks, I used 6 verticals. It sped up the laminating process and kept the glue ups out of my way while I did other tasks. It was worth the money. And set up was a bit fiddly but get it right once and away you go.
Reinis Kanders
05-07-2016, 11:26 AM
Jim Tolpin had an article in an old FWW112 about similar setup, but using trestles and wedges.
http://www.finewoodworking.com/how-to/article/clamping-panels-the-easy-way.aspx

I almost built it, but at the end decided that that storage will take too much space. Cauls take up less space and worked well when I had to make a bunch of panels.
ken hatch
05-08-2016, 2:15 PM
I too bought one of these for a large run of end grain butcher blocks, I used 6 verticals. It sped up the laminating process and kept the glue ups out of my way while I did other tasks. It was worth the money. And set up was a bit fiddly but get it right once and away you go.

Chris,

It is fiddly....I'm doing a couple of test runs before I add glue. The photo is of the first test run.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh222/VTXAZ/planoPanelClampA160508_zps38pcmx7g.jpg

ken