Don Stephan
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I done a couple tabletops similar to your first example - an MDF core with solid wood edging.
In one case, the top and bottom veneers were run slightly beyond the edges of the MDF, and after the glue had cured the sandwich was trimmed on the table saw. After that, solid wood edging about 2" wide was glued to the edges of the MDF, then carefully leveled to the veneer with scrapers and hand planes. Haven't had any problems in the 3 or so years since it was put together.
In the other example the only difference was the hardwood edging was only about 1" wide, enough to take a molded edge formed with a router.
I haven't made a rectangular table top using glued solid wood edging to MDF and then veneered to the outer edge of the edging, because I wasn't sure how it would look with the surface veneer running one direction and the edge grain (on the ends) at right angles. On a couple round starburst veneer tables with quartersawn veneer edge banding, the top was fully veneered and then trimmed to final radius with a router. A strip of veneer was then glued to the edge of the MDF, eliminating the need for hardwood edging. On a couple round tables with simple slip matched veneer top I veneered the round substrate, trimmed round with the router, and then applied 2" thick hardwood edging as 8 sectors around the circumference. After the glue cured, the hardwood was also routed round and given a bullnose edge.
I'm not sure what the 2nd example would be like, perhaps you could elucidate?
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