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Default maximum thickness of solid wood on ply?

On 10/29/2016 9:12 AM, dadiOH wrote:
I'm working on my sofa tables, getting down to the bottom of my mahogany
pile and don't want to buy more at the moment.

I need two center supports, each 14 1/2 wide by 20" tall x 2 1/2"+- thick.
I had planned to attach solid mahogany strips, 3/4" thick to a poplar frame
but don't think I have enough mahogany stock for that. However, I have some
12/4 offcuts that I could resaw and glue those to 1/2 or 3/4 ply, attaching
the ply to the frame. The resaw pieces woild be a maximum of 1/4" thick,
quarter sawn.but I could make them thinner, no thinner than 1/8".

My question is, what is the maximum thickness I could use for the resawn
pieces?


Don't guess I get the gist of the reason for the question...they're not
going to be of significance structurally so make the veneer as thin as
can to save the material for other uses.