David Ragan
08-27-2016, 8:56 AM
Hi Everyone,
It has been a long time since I have sawn any veneers.
Am making a base for a pet's urn.
This question is primarily geared toward technique of getting all the sawn pieces of uniform thickness and smooth.
The material, at this point, is Macassar Ebony. The Ebony block is maybe 4x4x9".
So, I set up the bandsaw, tension the blade.
Then take the block piece of Ebony, plane one face smooth, then cut my slice however thick-say 1/16".
This gives me a single piece of veneer w one face smooth, and the other not. (I need three more for the top.)
My block of Ebony now has to be planed again(?)-so the next piece of veneer comes off the bandsaw w one smooth face. Is this the proper technique?
After sawing, all the pieces must be the same thickness. I don't have a thickness sander. Have a DW735 w spiral head.....make a sled and use double sided tape, run through planer to get all pieces the same thickness?
For the sake of discussion-how about just: get good 90* edges, put the good/smooth side down, and glue the veneer on the substrate (there will be a four point match, by necessity). Then use hand tools, or machine to get the pieces/surface to uniform thickness?
How am I doing in the planning?
As always-thank you
It has been a long time since I have sawn any veneers.
Am making a base for a pet's urn.
This question is primarily geared toward technique of getting all the sawn pieces of uniform thickness and smooth.
The material, at this point, is Macassar Ebony. The Ebony block is maybe 4x4x9".
So, I set up the bandsaw, tension the blade.
Then take the block piece of Ebony, plane one face smooth, then cut my slice however thick-say 1/16".
This gives me a single piece of veneer w one face smooth, and the other not. (I need three more for the top.)
My block of Ebony now has to be planed again(?)-so the next piece of veneer comes off the bandsaw w one smooth face. Is this the proper technique?
After sawing, all the pieces must be the same thickness. I don't have a thickness sander. Have a DW735 w spiral head.....make a sled and use double sided tape, run through planer to get all pieces the same thickness?
For the sake of discussion-how about just: get good 90* edges, put the good/smooth side down, and glue the veneer on the substrate (there will be a four point match, by necessity). Then use hand tools, or machine to get the pieces/surface to uniform thickness?
How am I doing in the planning?
As always-thank you