Darryl Keil
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Joined: 2003-05-22
Location: Maine
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Ken,
First I would two-ply the walnut veneer so you have some stability to work with. This would make it stable enough to rout this walnut circle without the veneer chipping out. I would then fit it into the circle routed out on the tambour, draw lines at each slat line and simply razor knife out each piece. In fact, I think you could glue the circle in and then cut each piece.
You could also take the two-ply walnut circle, double sticky tape it to the tambour, knife carefully around it, remove the circle and rout out close to the knife line. Then chisel the last bit out. This will assure a tight fit between the walnut circle and the tambour.
This is the way I would attempt it.
Darryl Keil
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