Michael Conner
08-18-2008, 1:18 PM
I am planning the cabinets for our new house (that we hope to begin in the next few months). I have enough cherry lumber to make all of our cabinets, but I know that gluing up lumber to make 'sheet stock' for the ends of the cabinets will likely not produce a nice result over time.
This leaves me with a couple of options as I see it.
1. I can construct my casework out of plywood and then create floating panels to cover the end.
or
2. I can resaw my cherry and use this as a veneer over plywood.
Because I have the cherry, I would prefer not to purchase cherry ply.
My question regards option 2. I have never veneered anything and I am wondering how thick I could cut my veneers. It seems that if they are too thick, I might still get some warping in the ply. Would 1/8" veneers on both sides of 1/2 ply be likely to result in unstability of the plywood?
Is there anything else I should consider other than the 2 options above?
Thanks in advance.
This leaves me with a couple of options as I see it.
1. I can construct my casework out of plywood and then create floating panels to cover the end.
or
2. I can resaw my cherry and use this as a veneer over plywood.
Because I have the cherry, I would prefer not to purchase cherry ply.
My question regards option 2. I have never veneered anything and I am wondering how thick I could cut my veneers. It seems that if they are too thick, I might still get some warping in the ply. Would 1/8" veneers on both sides of 1/2 ply be likely to result in unstability of the plywood?
Is there anything else I should consider other than the 2 options above?
Thanks in advance.