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Karen McBride

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Subject : veneer bed rails cross grain on solid wood
Posted : 2014-05-01 10:14 AM
Post #37127
Hello,
I would like to veneer solid wood bed rails (6" wide) so the final face veneer is cross grain to the solid wood grain direction. Can I do this? I was thinking commercial walnut veneer over 1" poplar with one layer of cross grain veneer at 45 degrees (balanced on both sides of the rail of course).
Thanks for your help
Karen


 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: veneer bed rails cross grain on solid wood
Posted : 2014-05-02 9:17 AM
Post #37129 - In reply to #37127
In general its best to glue veneer in the same direction as the solid underneath but since your bed rail is only 6" wide the movement is not that great and a thicker cross banding, like 1/16", should do the job just fine.


 
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Karen McBride

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Subject : RE: veneer bed rails cross grain on solid wood
Posted : 2014-05-07 8:15 AM
Post #37137 - In reply to #37129
Darryl,
Just to confirm. There is no way to have my commercial walnut veneer (1/32" run cross grain to a 6" poplar bed rail? Even if I put a layer of commercial veneer at 45 degrees under my face veneer that will be at right angles to the grain direction?

You are saying that the only safe way to do it is with one layer of 1/16" face veneer at right angles to the grain. There is no need for any other layer at 45 degrees if I use 1/16" veneer. Is that right?

Thanks for the clarification.
Karen


 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: veneer bed rails cross grain on solid wood
Posted : 2014-05-08 6:18 PM
Post #37138 - In reply to #37137
Again, its not all that critical about how you do this as the rail are only 6" wide. With that said, I would run a sub veneer at 45 degrees and then my final veneer on top of that. The veneer thicknesses I would not be so concerned about either. There isnt much expansion and contraction in 6" of solid wood.
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