How To Wood Veneer Corners

The way I learned to do veneered corners is to cut a 1818 groove down the corner.

How to wood veneer corners. Yes there is a backer on the veneer but quite frankly it shouldnt be that conspicuous. Position the veneer on the plywood edge. Make sure the hardwood corner is flush to both planes of the substrate.

The actual thickness is only 020. Apply slightly oversized strips of 18-in-thick MDF to opposite edges of the birch plywood using cork-covered cauls to spread the pressure evenly. 5 May 31 2009.

But if I was wrapping pre existing boxes I would cut a notch in the corner of a piece of paper so that when you fold it over the cut meets perfectly at the ridge where the two round overs meet in the corner then use that piece of paper as a template to cut the veneer. It is tricky - use plenty of glue but not so much that it opens your corner when folded should squeeze out the back and use blue tape so that the veneer doesnt peel out or fuzz up. Then veneer the two sides.

Quite typing and go make some test corners. Now cut the paper perpendicular to the edge of the board and back to the point of curvature - at about 1 spacing. You need to position the veneer on an adhesive coated substrate a flat piece of wood used to help distribute the pressure evenly is placed on top of the veneer and the three are clamped together with hydraulic or mechanical veneer press clamps.

Adjust the router bit so the bearing rides against the straightedge. Hold the file at a sharp angle to the plywood when filing. Place your template over the desired section of veneer and cut out that portion leaving approximately one-half inch or 127 centimeters 05 in of excess on each side.

Use a household iron set on cotton without steam to activate the glue pressing the veneer firmly in place. I found it helpful to secure the putty by gently pushing it into the damaged area with my fingers. Wrapping a solid block of cherry in a higher grade of cherry veneer using an iron.