Veneered Dining Room Table?

Re: Veneered Dining Room Table?

Dick Coers

Why not?

Absolutely!

Tony - Memphis

Maybe throw in some inlay and crossbanding as well?!? I've done several small tables and such. Love the stuff. You can get figure that makes you drool! We have a 'furniture store' dining table that is crotch mahogany that is unreal. How big are you planning?

Re: Veneered Dining Room Table?

Don Stephan

Certainly Wood has some veneers thicker than "standard" today. For a larger project, I would recommend a thicker veneer which will tolerate more level sanding after pressing without a sand-through.

Re: Veneered Dining Room Table?

Keith Newton

That may depend on your skill level. Having a tool does not acraftsman make.

The way you stated it, I suspect you may not have ever bagged a project this large before. Choosing the wrong glue could get you into trouble by running out of open time before you get the parts into the bag before achieving a good vacuum.

You would do well to give as much detail as you can, so anyone willing to give advice can stear you away from pitfalls.

So true!

Tony - Memphis

I have a shop full of really nice tools, but I don't consider myself a very good woodworker. How many times have you heard folks say..."If I had the those tools?" Mostly in reference to Norm. Ha!

Tony - I've seen people do a whole lot more with a whole lot less...but I keep trying.

Re: Veneered Dining Room Table?

TomD

One of my first projects was a 4' x 24' deal. I used slow set epoxy and had to run it for about 8 hours. Turned out perfect. I used the shop vac for the vac, but that only worked because I wasn't using the perimeter for the most part, and the panels were flat. Veneer needs more pressure. I veneered the inside of the cabin with purple heart which turned out great, but looked too dark.

You only get to be the experience guy if you jump in with both feet. Well at least if you are limited to your own shop.