Lamination PRO Tutorials - Multi-Generation Laminations

Lloyd,
I finally got Lamination Pro (version 3.1..) to download onto windows 8.1 machine with out Norton interference! When I try to build I get error that MS .NET Framework 3.5 is needed. I have MS .NET Framework 4.5 on machine (part of OS). Any suggestions?
thanks
 
Pat,

.Net 3.5 is on your computer but in their infinite wisdom, Microsoft dotted not install it by default in some of their OEM installs. 4.5 is not an upgrade, it simply runs side by side with 3.5 and most software running today requires 3.5.

To install it, go to your Control Panel and select Programs and Features. In the left column, look for something like add/remove system features (or something like that - I'm on the road on my iPad) and at the top of the list will be .Net 3.5. Check that box in front of that entry and it will be installed and then lamination pro will install just fine.

Lloyd
 
John Payton said:
Lloyd,
Awesome handouts...I have learned much just by viewing the slides, but they sure make me wish I had been able to see them in person at the symposium..maybe next time 8>)

Anyway, I notice the Dubby that you are using to cut your segments...and it looks like you use the Dubby on the 'right' side of the blade, but on the left side where the segment cut-off would be there is nothing. Since the Dubby must have 'some' height to it, do you just allow the segment to fall off onto the left side of the blade..??..and then you pick it up from there..??

Thanks for all the great information you provide..!!

Johnp
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What is A Dubby ?
 
Hello Mr. Johnson, What a wealth of knowledge and very powerful tools. Thank you. I am going through Lam Pro and I cannot see how to apply them to segments for making feature rings instead of flat items. Kyle
 
kcrowder13 said:
Hello Mr. Johnson, What a wealth of knowledge and very powerful tools. Thank you. I am going through Lam Pro and I cannot see how to apply them to segments for making feature rings instead of flat items. Kyle
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Hi Kyle:
Lloyd will most likely have a better answer but thought I would give you my thoughts.

Think of the laminate design as you are looking at it laying down on the bench you are looking at the outside face of the segment. The laminate repeating pairs would be stood up on end (rotated 90 degrees) so the side that was facing you becomes the bottom of the segment. The segment sides are mitered and glued into a ring.



To make the segment you would cut the repeating pairs into rectangles with the width being at least the segment edge length you need for the ring you are building. Using a cutting jig you would miter the ends of the segment block. refer to the incra file for an example of how to miter the blocks.
The segmented ring jig file give you one way to miter the segments .


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Thank you for your reply, I think where I was getting lost in the tutorial was that it was thin and glued for a table top. I exported it to 3d pro and didn't see how to translate it into a compound segment. I have only made one laminated/compound bowl so far and it was a chore, :) I saw this software and i'm hoping it can ease my pain and maybe make a dollar or two. Thank you for the jig plans, that is more detailed than the one I am using now. Kyle - Trees Into Treasures
 
I'm having trouble adding wood species to Laminate pro. I wanted to add Birch to the species library. I created a jpg file of a picture of birch woodgrain and copied it into the folder in documents/my laminate pro/species. It does not show up in the species library. I have restarted Laminate Pro, still does not show up. Birch should appear between Ash and Blackwood but it does not. I looked all the way down the list to see if it was out of order. Any ideas on what is wrong?
 

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Bob N said:
I'm having trouble adding wood species to Laminate pro. I wanted to add Birch to the species library. I created a jpg file of a picture of birch woodgrain and copied it into the folder in documents/my laminate pro/species. It does not show up in the species library. I have restarted Laminate Pro, still does not show up. Birch should appear between Ash and Blackwood but it does not. I looked all the way down the list to see if it was out of order. Any ideas on what is wrong?
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Not sure. I just added a species to LP species folder with no issue.

I found this in an older thread"
"The jpeg file compression protocol was developed in 1992 by the Joint Photography Expert Group. Today there are nearly 10 versions of this protocol that use the extension of jpg but are not true jpg files. Woodturner PRO uses the official jpeg libraries to compress and decompress images but if a file does not follow these protocols, it is not a valid jpg file. If you open an invalid file with something like Paint and then perform a SaveAs, it is written out as a correctly formatted jpg file. This file will be recognized by Lamination PRO but an incorrectly formatted jpg cannot be recognized.

Adding species to Lamination Pro

I'm unable to add new species to Lamination Pro, even following the directions in the Help files. The .jpg files are in the Species folder but don't appear in the drop-down list. Any suggestions?
woodturnerpro.com

- you might try saving your jpg file using another program like paint.
you could also save it as a bmp file.

- you could also attach the jpg file and I can see if I can duplicate the issue and see if my graphic software can save it in a jpg format that LP will read.
 
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