Hey folks…
Normally a Breaktimer but hoped the fence to ask a veneer related question. I’m thinking of veneering some speaker cabinets and I’d like to avoid a visible edge where the pieces join. Is this practical? How best would this be accomplished? I’ve done very limited veneering and laminating but nothing as precise as what I’d like to accomplish here…
TIA
PaulB
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Are you talking standard commercial sliced veneer? That is, the stuff which is only .020" thick? If so, the stuff is so thin that ends don't show much even if you don't miter them. However, I have to tell you that I wouldn't ever bring the veneer to an exterior corner. I find it is too easy to dent or fray, so it tends to look bad in a few years. I design so that veneered panels are edged in solid wood.
Are you building the cabinets or are you veneering existing cabinets? Also, what species veneer? That may determine the thickness you are working with. The tooling you have available may determine your technique also. I have done a lot of work on speaker cabinets. LOL!!
Cadiddlehopper
I'm talking about veneering existing cabinets. I have some great JBLs but they use (ugh) "black ash" vinyl.
You must have an additional problem: getting that stuff off.I don't know how you will attach the veneer, but you need not miter it at the edges. You do need very good joints so that the glue line is thin. Breakng the sharp edges makes the glue line invisible for all practical purposes. Again, LOL!!Cadiddlehopper
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