OK, I should have asked this question before I did the job, but I got a little enthusiastic and did it at the spur of the moment.
I built a cabinet with a marquetry design on the front (double bevel technique using resawn veneer about 3/32 thick after sanding). I put a complementary design on a solid wood, fixed shelf in the cabinet. I resawed the veneer slice from the solid wood shelf, did the marquetry (double bevel technique) and glued the veneer back onto the original board. My thinking was that the properties of the veneer would match that of the groundwork from which it was sawn so that expansion/contraction should not be a problem. Also, I’ve read that veneer can be done, has been done in the past, over solid wood.
I did the same thing on the front of a drawer in the cabinet.
What do you think? Will I have problems with the shelf and drawer front? (It’s attached to the cabinet with sliding dovetails). Should I have resawn both sides of the shelf board and drawer f ront so that I could glue back matching veneers?
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Hi Island Joiner,
Sorry for the slow response – I have been moving my shop as well as dealing with flood problems here in Seattle.
If I understand you correctly:
You have only resawn veneer from the face side of each piece - used that on the front and not put any veneer on the back side – but both pieces are attached by way of sliding dovetails.
Normally what I do to one side of a veneer panel I do to the other side. I think the sliding dovetails should hold things in check and it should be OK though. If not for the dovetails I think you would be in for serious problems.
I would be interested in a report back in 1 year to see how it goes.
Good Luck,
Darrell
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