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  • Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

  • I seen this done before , but I`d rather use contact cement " stay-put" is the best.... working in a shop everything has to be fast ,, hurry hurry hurry lol but if your at home yellow glue works fine .......cheers

  • Thanks for a great video. I just book and butt matched 4 pieces of madreone burl about 12 x 25" each. It was very wavy and stiff. I slip sheet and double cut the seems. I used craft paper to make sure that i did not prematurely glue down seam, I then sprayed lacquer on it and found more bubbles, Out came the iron and melted the paint some, Sanded, painted again then finished as usual 10+ heavy coats plus sanding. the seams filled in real nice and overall it came out PERFECT. looks like glass!

  • great video! i was just curious where you buy your veneers? im looking for relatively large sheets preferably larger that 1'x4', and cheap would be nice too thanks!

  • Brilliant, many thanks ! Sarah

  • Hi. I've got some walnut veneer that is not very flat.. do you reckon soaking and weighting it would flatten it? Or.. would you just stick it on and cut the mounds? ( have never done this before... I'm after the simplest method, it's just for a small book cover. Cheers, Sarah.

  • Sarah,

    You can use a damp rag to wipe over the veneer then use and iron to flatten it out. It's like iron a shirt ;-)

  • Great info- I pre shrink the veneer before -heating it a little before gluing- I had to make some curved drawer fronts and this technique saved me a lot of time. Thanks

  • thanks for the comments .... so is it better to do a bit at a time. rather than blue taoe the bits together then iron them all on......

    or iron one on..... then wait then iron the next on and so on

  • Veneering is not an exact science, even the most experienced woodworker will have a gap here or there.

  • If you are getting shrinkage then you have the iron set to high or the glue wasn't completely dry before you began. You can also try gluing the pieces a day or two a part.

    I haven't had the problem of the veneers separating when glued edge to edge.

  • when ya iron the wood then shrinks a bit and leaves a gap from the 2 veneer bits is what i mean

  • You'd need to joint the edges of the veneers first.

  • how would you glue more than one together. and still get the no gaps in the veneer

  • BradburyGuy,

    Dry.

  • Dry iron or steam?

  • Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful.

  • great advice thank you so much i was ironing the wrong side your a great help thanks

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