Does veneer softener work on thick veneer?

[Brian Tymchak]

To answer your question, a random orbit sander with 120 grit is not the way to cut out saw marks. Too much heat as you found out and it will not produce a flat surface. Drum sander, flat belt sander, stroke sander and even a handheld belt sander are all better options. More importantly is that the wood is not nearly dry enough if it changed from sanding.

That could be. The piece I sliced up was about 1" thick, and air dried indoors about a year at the time I cut it. The slices were stacked with paper towels for about 4 weeks before I tried my experiment.

[Don Stephan]

More than once or twice I've read that veneer as thick as 1/8" starts to act like solid wood when humidity changes. I have no experience with veneer that thick and don't have a band saw that will reliably cut uniform thickness veneer.