I would like to build a tressle table for my dining room from cherry. My
recent projects have led me to the conclusion that color-matching cherry is
really tough to do well. What looks like a good match "dry" can be very
different with the wet look of a just a clear finish. If I have to do a
glue-up taking wood from the same board yeilds the best result.

I would hate to go to the trouble and expense of a large table and look at
the top and feel like I wish I could have another stab at board selection.

I was considering using my bandsaw to resaw the best board I could find into
something like 13/16" slices. By doing joint, resaw joint resaw... I would
always have one smooth face to glue to a substrate, which I could later pass
through the planer to clean up the surface.

I tried this on a small scale this weekend and it worked OK, but using
yellow glue required about 12 f-clamps on a 2.5 x 15" board. That
glue/clamping strategy is not viable for a 7' x 8" board. I doubt that a
traditional veneering approach would work for a relatively thick veneer.

Has anyone ever tried contact cement for wood-wood bond using a essentially
the same process as gluing formica to MDF?

Thanks,

Steve