Jesse Bushman
04-24-2021, 1:21 PM
I’m building a couple of night stands (small tables). I have a piece of elm burl. It’s 1-1/4 thick and has some lovely grain. I want to put a single drawer in each table and want to use the burl wood for the drawer front. Each drawer front will be about 14″ wide and 8″ high (it’s arched, so is lower at the edges).
My concern is that once I resaw and surface the one piece I have into two drawer front pieces, they’ll be about 1/2 thick and that seems a bit thin for a drawer front, particularly if it’s burl grain that might not be as durable as straight grained stuff. What do you guys think?
If people have experience with 1/2″ thick burl wood drawer fronts, I could just go with that. Another option I’ve thought of is to cut some thicker veneer on the bandsaw and laminate that onto a piece of walnut as the two woods would be somewhat similar in color and it would give some strength/thickness to it.
Any ideas would be welcome.
My concern is that once I resaw and surface the one piece I have into two drawer front pieces, they’ll be about 1/2 thick and that seems a bit thin for a drawer front, particularly if it’s burl grain that might not be as durable as straight grained stuff. What do you guys think?
If people have experience with 1/2″ thick burl wood drawer fronts, I could just go with that. Another option I’ve thought of is to cut some thicker veneer on the bandsaw and laminate that onto a piece of walnut as the two woods would be somewhat similar in color and it would give some strength/thickness to it.
Any ideas would be welcome.