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Wood Veneers for Cabinet Refacing & Woodworking | OVIS
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I agree with the above and these look great. I think veneering goes beyond what the average hobbyist does and has few do's and don'ts. My luck has been with backed material and bending on the grain line. Reach out to the suppliers with project specifics and play with some on scraps of wood first, including trimming. Its not that hard.I have done a fair amount of veneering with 1/28" thick veneers, cross banded veneer backed sheets, and paper backed sheets. I have used a manual press, a vacuum bag press, and contact cement. I have not tried the iron method, but by all accounts it is fairly easy and gives good results.
I highly recommend these guys: https://oakwoodveneer.com/veneer-sheets/ They have a great selection and will send you photos of the actual sheets before purchase.
I was able to get just the right veneer for this project a few years back.
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Wow amazing looking project? Can you share design info?I have done a fair amount of veneering with 1/28" thick veneers, cross banded veneer backed sheets, and paper backed sheets. I have used a manual press, a vacuum bag press, and contact cement. I have not tried the iron method, but by all accounts it is fairly easy and gives good results.
I highly recommend these guys: https://oakwoodveneer.com/veneer-sheets/ They have a great selection and will send you photos of the actual sheets before purchase.
I was able to get just the right veneer for this project a few years back.
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Thanks, I designed them almost 20 years ago and while I'd certainly do things differently if I were to approach the project today, the speakers are still in service and bring me a lot of musical enjoyment.Wow amazing looking project? Can you share design info?
The key to working with hide glue is open time of the glue and how to extend that. As hide glue is basically gelatine and coagulates below 60c you need the shop and equipment for this. Hot plates, heated sand, heating iron and such. This certainely gets truer the bigger the surface.For me, the only way to get a good surface is via press.. I never had good luck with hide glue on large surfaces. I also didn't spend the time to master it for large surfaces. Obviously it can work. There's plenty of old furniture out there with large surfaces glued using hide glue. But I got tired of fighting it.
I see people also using contact cement, but that can be risky if you are intending to create wrapped around looks because once it is on, it's on. It's not moving.
I like to use raw veneer.
My preference is definitely vacuum. If an already made box, vacuum with an internal bag.
+1These ppl have everything you need to veneer: https://www.veneersupplies.com/
Very DIY and newbie friendly. I think it is US based. If this is inconvenient, I can recomend this site as resource for knowledge and ideas.