Kevin Murdock
07-18-2010, 7:23 PM
Hey All,
I'm currently in the process of making jatoba treads to and my wife just mentioned that she'd prefer matching risers over white painted ones.
So I'm thinking about making risers out of 1/8" resawn jatoba glued onto 1/2" plywood. So the risers would be 5/8", just an eight under the standard 3/4" riser.
My question is would this cause any problems? I always hear that you need a backing veneer, but 1/8" is pretty thick.
So thinking about it, I guess that my options are:
1) Glue up 1/8" Jatoba onto 1/2" plywood
2) Glue up 1/8" Jatoba onto 1/2" plywood with 1/8" hardwood on back
3) Glue up 1/8" Jatoba onto 3/4" plywood
Option 2 would just take a bit more time to resaw and prep some maple for the backside.
What are others experiences? And which would be best for risers?
Thanks in advance,
-Kevin
I'm currently in the process of making jatoba treads to and my wife just mentioned that she'd prefer matching risers over white painted ones.
So I'm thinking about making risers out of 1/8" resawn jatoba glued onto 1/2" plywood. So the risers would be 5/8", just an eight under the standard 3/4" riser.
My question is would this cause any problems? I always hear that you need a backing veneer, but 1/8" is pretty thick.
So thinking about it, I guess that my options are:
1) Glue up 1/8" Jatoba onto 1/2" plywood
2) Glue up 1/8" Jatoba onto 1/2" plywood with 1/8" hardwood on back
3) Glue up 1/8" Jatoba onto 3/4" plywood
Option 2 would just take a bit more time to resaw and prep some maple for the backside.
What are others experiences? And which would be best for risers?
Thanks in advance,
-Kevin