25-03-2014, 03:24 PM
Hi,
The veneering will be difficult to do David because of the top curve; Sapele is a very difficult timber to work with due to it having strips of alternating grain; using a hand plane will plane some of the strips perfectly but also at the same time rip up the grain running in the other direction. A sharp scraper should work well though otherwise its power planing; Sapele veneer will bend quite easily around a curve one way but not the other; this is quickly established by trying to bend a piece of loose veneer.
The cabinet in the picture is veneered the hard way and to copy this at home is difficult especially whilst using hot hide glue which is the glue I use.
If you want to have a go at re-veneering it David; It's likely that I'll have some veneer you could use if you let me have the measurements? If I was going to veneer it though I would possibly go for Burr Walnut just to make it different unless of course it is a rare set? Whatever veneer you use I think it's a safe bet to say you will be in for some frustration? Good luck with it and if I can help in any way please just let me know?
Kind regards, Col.
The veneering will be difficult to do David because of the top curve; Sapele is a very difficult timber to work with due to it having strips of alternating grain; using a hand plane will plane some of the strips perfectly but also at the same time rip up the grain running in the other direction. A sharp scraper should work well though otherwise its power planing; Sapele veneer will bend quite easily around a curve one way but not the other; this is quickly established by trying to bend a piece of loose veneer.
The cabinet in the picture is veneered the hard way and to copy this at home is difficult especially whilst using hot hide glue which is the glue I use.
If you want to have a go at re-veneering it David; It's likely that I'll have some veneer you could use if you let me have the measurements? If I was going to veneer it though I would possibly go for Burr Walnut just to make it different unless of course it is a rare set? Whatever veneer you use I think it's a safe bet to say you will be in for some frustration? Good luck with it and if I can help in any way please just let me know?
Kind regards, Col.
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