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| Author: | dberkowitz [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Veneer |
Who, other than LMI sells veneer sheets in .3 and .6mm equivalent thicknesses in a maple or say cypress. I find that LMI's white is too fibrous and doesn't scrape or sand cleanly and picks up colored sawdust more readily requiring fairly aggressive scraping of purfling lines prior to top coating. Suggestions? |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
This may be a characteristic of the veener due to the process by which it is produced. Therefore all veener may behave the same as your present product. Tom |
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| Author: | dberkowitz [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Tom, I didn't have this problem before I began using their veneer. |
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| Author: | Haans [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Try Herzog veneer, or use holly. |
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| Author: | dberkowitz [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Who sells holly veneer in those thicknesses? |
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| Author: | Haans [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
No one I know, I just buy a board and saw it up. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Constantines sells Holly veneer. It's easy enough to thickness it to .3 mm. It comes at about .54 - .6 mm. |
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| Author: | Kent Chasson [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Only place I know that sells thin veneer is http://www.lenderink.com/wood_veneer/micro_thin.html Not sure if they are set up for small quantities though. I get most of my standard 1/40" thickness from http://certainlywood.com/index.cfm |
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| Author: | dberkowitz [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Thanks, Kent. That's more like it. I've sent them an email. -- db |
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| Author: | Chris Paulick [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
The Veneer Store has some interesting veneers also. I think they're around .020" though. http://www.theveneerstore.com/ |
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| Author: | Edward Taylor [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Can you consistently thickness veneers down to 0.010" on a thickness sander? I have only ever gone down to 0.035" and that was kind of sketchy but it was not my machine so IDK how good it was. Making purflings is something I want to learn to do but kind of perplexes me in some aspects. |
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| Author: | Darryl Young [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
Would balsa or bass wood be too soft to use for a white line? Specifically, I'm thinking of the white line in a B/W/B layer under a heel cap. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Veneer |
I use a Gilbert Disk Sander on my Drill press to thin veneer easily to .020 or .5 mm. You have to treat it with kid gloves, but it's not all that hard to do. I have thinned to about .3 mm on a couple of occasions, but at that thickness it has no body, so the sander wants to rip it apart. |
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