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Lou Sansone

 
Subject : veneering lowboy case
Posted : 1999-09-07 12:45 PM
Post #30223
Frank and others I need some advise about how to veneer a william and mary style lowboy with walnut burl. I am intending to cross band the burl prior to veneering it to a lowboy case. My problem is that the case design is such that there are no "corner posts" to hide the seams at the corner. In fact, I think the only way to do this job is to veneer the case once it is assembled ( as opposed to veneering each piece and then joining them together ). How would you deal with the corners of a case such as this? I am worried that the cross banding will show no matter what I do where they meet at a corner. Am I doing this all wrong? any advise would be of helpthanks lou



 
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Darryl Keil

 
Subject : veneering lowboy case
Posted : 1999-09-08 6:13 PM
Post #30227 - In reply to #30223
Dear Lou,Frank and I talked about this and we both agree you would be best served by veneering theparts first and then assembling the case. First, it will be difficult to apply proper pressureuniformly after the lowboy is put together, especially with burl. Second, doing it this way willsolve the problem of seeing the crossband at the corners. Im not clear why you feel you cannot veneer first and then assemble. If you absolutely want to veneer after its assembled,consider actually mitering the crossbanded burl before applying it. Since a two ply is fairlystiff you should be able to do this, carefully that is.SincerelyDarryl Keil: Frank and others : I need some advise about how to veneer a william and mary style lowboy with walnut burl. I am intending to cross band the burl prior to veneering it to a lowboy case. My problem is that the case design is such that there are no "corner posts" to hide the seams at the corner. In fact, I think the only way to do this job is to veneer the case once it is assembled ( as opposed to veneering each piece and then joining them together ). How would you deal with the corners of a case such as this? I am worried that the cross banding will show no matter what I do where they meet at a corner.: Am I doing this all wrong? any advise would be of help: thanks : lou




 
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Lou Sansone

 
Subject : veneering lowboy case
Posted : 1999-09-08 11:06 PM
Post #30228 - In reply to #30227
:Dear DarrylThanks for getting back to me. Let me try to clear up the case construction and explain my line of questions.Normally a william and mary lowboy had the case dovetailed together, where the corners meet, as opposed to queen anne construction which has corner posts that are part of the leg section. With queen anne construction it is obvious that you would veneer the case parts first and then assemble. I can not figure out how to veneer the pieces and thenassemble the case and not have some part of the MDF endgrain show when all you have are two pieces of stock making up a corner ( unless you miter the entire case corner). The other option that comes to mind is to veneerthe "end grain" of one of the pieces and have a small seam on the sides of the case. Some how this does not seem right any more advise would be helpfullthanks lou:




 
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Darryl Keil

 
Subject : veneering lowboy case
Posted : 1999-09-10 10:04 AM
Post #30229 - In reply to #30228
Dear Lou,I was not aware that a william and mary lowboy was dovetailed at the corners, but becauseyou wanted to veneer it I was assuming that the corners would be mitred with a spine tostrengthen the joint. I agree that to veneer the edge of one of the pieces would look odd,and to have a dovetailed veneered corner would look silly. So I think the appropriatelook under the circumstances would be to miter the corners and assemble after veneering.SincerelyDarryl Keil: :Dear Darryl: Thanks for getting back to me. Let me try to clear up the case construction and explain my line of questions.: Normally a william and mary lowboy had the case dovetailed together, where the corners meet, as opposed to queen anne construction : which has corner posts that are part of the leg section. With queen anne construction it is obvious that you : would veneer the case parts first and then assemble. I can not figure out how to veneer the pieces and then: assemble the case and not have some part of the MDF endgrain show when all you have are two pieces of stock: making up a corner ( unless you miter the entire case corner). The other option that comes to mind is to veneer: the "end grain" of one of the pieces and have a small seam on the sides of the case. Some how this does not seem right : any more advise would be helpfull: thanks : lou: :
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