John Rauch
02-20-2003, 3:08 PM
I received a sizeable amount of "rosewood" (species unknown but I'm sending a piece out for testing) in trade for building a garden shed for a co-worker.
One project for the rosewood is a dinning room table -- veneer over an MDF substrate. I'm concerned that my bandsaw is not up to the resaw task and was considering finding a shop to do this for me.
I've never done any veneer work, so I need to do some reading, research and practice with some other stock before using the rosewood.
Before I begin, I thought I'd ask:
Do you have an opinion/recommendation about the thickness of the veneer?
Is MDF the right substrate?
Is this too big of a challenge given that I don't have a vacuum press?
The rosewood varies in thickness (5/4, 6/4, and even some 12/4) and generally runs 12 inches wide by about 6ft in length.
Thanks!
One project for the rosewood is a dinning room table -- veneer over an MDF substrate. I'm concerned that my bandsaw is not up to the resaw task and was considering finding a shop to do this for me.
I've never done any veneer work, so I need to do some reading, research and practice with some other stock before using the rosewood.
Before I begin, I thought I'd ask:
Do you have an opinion/recommendation about the thickness of the veneer?
Is MDF the right substrate?
Is this too big of a challenge given that I don't have a vacuum press?
The rosewood varies in thickness (5/4, 6/4, and even some 12/4) and generally runs 12 inches wide by about 6ft in length.
Thanks!