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1st March 2014, 04:57 PM #1... and this too shall pass away ...
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Veneering Question
Making a craft cabinet for my sister. She chose camphor laurel as the timber.
Trouble is, I have very little timber, and will need to veneer the drawer fronts as well as the sides and top. That's fine, it gives me practice veneering and I should be able to book match the drawer fronts.
My question relates to the drawer fronts. I have a couple of options. One is to use MDF as the substrate, and the other is to use some golden coloured NG rosewood I have left over from another job. I'm inclined to use the rosewood. If I glue the veneer on with PU glue, do I need to veneer both sides, or only the face side of the drawer fronts?
The good news is that both the rosewood and the camphor laurel are reasonably stable timbers.
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1st March 2014, 10:52 PM #2Taking a break
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Absolutely, definitely, positively do both sides; if you don't it will warp. I guarantee it.
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2nd March 2014, 12:13 AM #3
Hi John
are you dovetailing those drawers -- if yes use solid timber, if not you can use MDF
traditionally only the front is veneered -- with MDF I'd advise the back also
For solid timber I'd use something other than NG Rosewood -- something less expensive
you will need to protect the edge of the veneer -- cock beading is the traditional way.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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2nd March 2014, 12:34 AM #4
It is not always necessary to do both sides, similar timbers, non water based glue, you should be right.
These drawers and boxes are all only veneered on one side, boxes are 9mm thick and draw fronts 18mm.
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Crows Ash, BH Sass, and Black Wattle, substrates are a mixed bag, Vic Ash, Silver Wattle, Hoop Pine.
Pete
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Thanks
Thanks gents,
Picked up a small pack of about 0.3 cubes of rosewood for about $1,800 per cube. It was cheap because the red stuff had been pulled out of it and because some of the boards were only 120 mm wide, but I thought it was an inexpensive way of getting some nice stable timber. The 120 mm boards are ideal for things like drawer fronts.
If the drawer fronts were MDF, I'd veneer both sides. But they will be rosewood, and both timbers being used have similar movement characteristics, so I'll veneer one side and see how we go in the coming years.
Veneered the sides and top yesterday. The Titebond PU glue is great for veneering because it gives an open time of 30 minutes. That's plenty to get both sides of two or three components glued up, wrapped in greaseproof paper and into the vacuum press. The other advantage is that it needs only an hour or two in the press. PVA glue should be left in the press overnight.
Again, thanks!
John
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2nd March 2014, 11:21 AM #6
I reckon in this case you can get away with just one side. Because the size of drawer front is small, and it will be held together by the sides and bottom so it cannot twist.
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