Hi folks,

Well, some months after the time I thought I'd be starting, I am about to
start veneering a cabinet project.  It's built of 3/4" birch
veneered plywood.  My question is quite simply, do I have to veneer both
sides ?  Will 3/4 inch warp if I don't?  I guess that's two questions ....
The veneer itself is cherry.

Thanks!

Pierre
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Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Denver
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Pierre wrote:

<snip> I am about to start veneering a cabinet project.  It's built of 3/4"
birch
>veneered plywood.  My question is quite simply, do I have to veneer both
>sides ?  Will 3/4 inch warp if I don't?  I guess that's two questions ....
>The veneer itself is cherry.

Even with plywood, it would be best to veneer both sides. Grain direction 
should be the same on both sides. As for glue, I would avoid contact cement. I'd

recommend either hot hide, using the galootish hammer-veneering technique or the

slow setting variant of Aerolite with a vacuum bag. Aerolite available here:

http://www.aircraft-spruce.com/spruce/pages.cgi/page53

Geoff

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> ..............................As for glue, I would avoid
> contact cement.

Contact cements might have acquired a bad name for good reasons, but
given a good technique they work well. They can be useful on curved
surfaces where caul making would add a lot of extra work to a job.

I think that if the solvent type of glue I've heard it said that there
is no need for a counterbalancing veneer on the reverse face, normally
absolutely essential.

I've recently satisfactorily used a film glue on a small bookmatched
job, but learnt the lesson that the veneer needs to be dried out with
the hot (domestic) iron prior to jointing the matching edges.
Otherwise the veneer shrinks and opens the joint.

Jeff
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
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http://www.millard.demon.co.uk/Index.htm

Pierre is veneering . . .


> veneered plywood.  My question is quite simply, do I have to veneer both
> sides ?  Will 3/4 inch warp if I don't?  I guess that's two questions ....

snipped per FAQ


yes, do both sides.  The back/inside/bottom with a 'balance' veneer (i.e.
cheap and
cheerful stuff.

My dining table is over an inch of birch ply, veneered in slice cut mahogany.
It has
a balance veneer.  Not worth risking otherwise.


and no, I didn't do it personally - it was nearly 30 years ago...


Richard Wilson