I ended up with NO scraps on thise project, the space the curio goes is
less than an inch past 48", and I cut my plywood in such a manner that
even the 8" piece will be used as the spacer from the front of the
drawers it sits upon.

Perhaps a wipe down of some naptha will give some clues as to how
smooth the plywood plant left the veneer. I understand sanding can
hide the grain more than a scraper does, so perhaps with no bend to the
scraper I could knock down the fuzz a bit. There was quite a bit of
curl in this plywood relative to others I have seen in the past, which
is why I dug it out of the stack..

Alan