Leon wrote:
"Charlie M. 1958" wrote in message
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I have been wanting to try my hand at veneering, and finally took the
plunge. I got a hold of some 1/42 raw veneer in santos rosewood and
bubinga, and here are the results. I made a few mistakes, but learned a bit
in the process.

http://www.loyno.edu/~cbmarsh/rosewoodcab.htm

http://www.loyno.edu/~cbmarsh/bubingabox.htm

Those look great Charlie. I suppose you meant to have the lid strips come
out off set on the second box, or you did not have enough material to re-do.
;~) Either way they look good.
I am just getting into veneering myself and have learned that if you veneer
over a corner box joint the box joint is going to telegraph through.
Something to think about if you ever use a stronger corner joint. Or, have
you done this and perhaps have a solution?


Leon, I actually made a conscious decision to not have the inlay meet
up, because I was using what I had around the shop and there was not
enough of a single pattern to go all the way around. So I thought rather
than have two different patterns meet, I would offset them. After I did
it, I realized it had the effect of looking like an accident. :-)

As for the corners, since I knew I was covering the joints anyway, I
used simple butt joints reinforced with countersunk screws. I filled
over the screw heads, and sanded everything out smooth before applying
the veneer. Semed to work fine..