"OFWW" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 10:12:33 -0400, "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?


Are you going to "wrap" the plywood to keep it looking good?

None of the ply would show as the center is between two horizontal pieces of
3/4 ply that comprise the substrates for the tables' tops and bottom
shelves. There will be a 3/4 piece of mahogany at each end.of the center
supports to cover the ply there and I need to attach those end caps to the
mahogany on the sides so that they will move along with any seasonal
movement. And therein lies the rub...I need some thickness in the "veneer"
to attach the end caps but the thicker the "veneer" is the greater the
possibility of failure between them and the faces of the ply; however, there
are ways I could handle the attachment of the end caps if I wind up with
thin veneer.