that many LF of narrow strips and them needing finishing will quickly get out of control...[/QUOTE
1... Each unit has 42 liner feet of banding.
2... I am cutting the strips 1/16" thick and finishing them all at once by laying them flat on a table and giving them three coats.
3... Working by myself it take about 6 minutes to band one shelf. When I had extra hands I was doing 15 an hour.
1... at 70 units that's this side of 3,000 LF...
2...
WHAT A WASTE of material... every cut (saw cut) wastes money, material and time/labor.. not to mention all the extra sanding and fallout.
everything you are doing has
tangible and intangible costs... Ignore any of it and you'll never make any money.. you'll be losing money...
1 saw cut = 3 or 4 bands turned into saw dust...
you can get edge banding prefinished...
there are PSA bandings also...
3... there is no way in Hades you are you are doing one unit in 6 minutes...
you need to see the whole picture - cut + finish + glue up/clean up + on/off clamping + trim...
iron on pretty much drops cutting, material waste, glue up, on/off clamping w/associated labor times from the itinerary...
rethink your process...
iron on the banding... The industry standard because it is cost effective...
stack the units using stickers or kids playing jacks as spacers..
finish the banding in place...
after the finish is dry bulk trim the banding... (PDF/photo)...
no clamping required...
no glue squeeze out to fret over...
use a blond banding that you can make look like any wood you want..
the over width banding getting finished before trimming pretty much insures that you will keep the finish off of the prefinished ply..
the light RO??? form fitted sanding block...
rethink your finishing too...
see the wood finish PDF...
buy an edge banding machine...
https://www.familyhandyman.com/woodworking/edge-banding-with-iron-on-veneer-edging/view-all/
these guys are top shelf...
https://www.veneersupplies.com/products/Wood-Veneer-Edgebanding-78-x-250-Iron-On.html
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