malcolm wiltshire Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Advise please on replacing the centre slat under overcab bed matress on 1989 hymer 544,also a contact for a supplier of the slat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Bry Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Hi Malcolm and welcometry Hambleton Engineering in Preston.Contact N0:- 01772 315078They are all ex Madisons workers(before this was sold to Brownhill/Hymer UK).Work is very good and high quality as you can see from their web site.http://www.friendlyhippo.co.uk/hymerdirectHope we've been of help to another Hymer user.RegardsThai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Go to your local woodyard and get the materials to make your own. Much quicker and cheaper. It's probably Ash or Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enodreven Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Hi, Peter That sounds like a good idea, but mine have a bow in them to provide more spring ? any idea how to achieve this if i buy my own pice of wood ? peter - 2007-06-06 12:11 AM Go to your local woodyard and get the materials to make your own. Much quicker and cheaper. It's probably Ash or Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 enodreven - 2007-06-07 11:33 AM Hi, Peter That sounds like a good idea, but mine have a bow in them to provide more spring ? any idea how to achieve this if i buy my own pice of wood ? peter - 2007-06-06 12:11 AM Go to your local woodyard and get the materials to make your own. Much quicker and cheaper. It's probably Ash or Beach.If it's not fixed at the ends to give the bow (overlength) it may have been steamed and bent on a former until it's dried and taken a set. You could try wetting one side with hot water and putting a bend in it until it's dried, this will put a set in it as you will be stretching the fibres on the wet side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 If a ready replacment is not available why not take out broken one and borrow one from say under the pillow end which could have a flat piece of fine grained hardwood lath in its place. It would not have to be bowed or sprung there. chas (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Newell Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Try Ikea, they have packs of laminated beech slats with the required bow for as little as £10 a pack. Visit their website and search for "Sultan Lien" order code 901.118.00. They have a variety of lenghts available. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 The slats are made up from five pieces of thick veneer in a process called laminating. The components are all bonded together with a resin glue. They are held under pressure to the shape of a former or mould until the glue sets. Probably takes a minute using radio frequency heating (Like a glorified micro-wave set up) Many components were made for the Mosquito aeroplane so the technology is not new. The veneers, with the grain of all five running in the same direction, are used to allow a thin and stong component to be made which overcomes the weakness of a single piece of solid timber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 JohnP - 2007-06-08 8:00 PM The slats are made up from five pieces of thick veneer in a process called laminating. The components are all bonded together with a resin glue. They are held under pressure to the shape of a former or mould until the glue sets. Probably takes a minute using radio frequency heating (Like a glorified micro-wave set up) Many components were made for the Mosquito aeroplane so the technology is not new. The veneers, with the grain of all five running in the same direction, are used to allow a thin and stong component to be made which overcomes the weakness of a single piece of solid timber.That's one way (but weak in a small width), depends on which type his originals are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Any potential weakness in the width is overcome by the fact that five pieces of timber veneer (all with different grain patterns) are bonded together. The strength in bed slats is required mainly in the length of the component. Lots of modern chair side frames (one component forming legs, arms and back supports for example) are made using this technique of laminating. Seat and back platforms or bases for upholstery are also made using a similar technique but the grain of each veneer runs at right angles to its neighbour (as in plywood) This is done to spread the strength/load over a very wide component Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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