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Or anyone who has experience with chamfered veneer
Has anyone chamfered a box then veneered it?
I’ve got a box that I’m planning on putting a comfortable roundover on each side
If a box is just straight 45 degree corners it’s easy to know where the seam line is and just overshoot the veneer then trim off on all 4 sides.
But when a chamfer is already on there, do you roll the veneer round the whole box with only 1 seam line on one corner?
Or do you line up the veneer with each rounded over seam line on each corner and trim off from there, so the veneer would be made up of 4 sheets instead of 1? I imagine that would be difficult to line up uniformly without 1 corner looking off.
I’m going for which would look the highest quality, and which is the done thing for anyone who’s worked with veneer
Cheers,
Hey Joel!
I’m no veneer expert but have some experience in it.
How big is the chamfer you’re veneering over? Have you got a pic?
Could be a bit tricky to have one seam line and mould the veneer over a small-ish chamfer accurately 
Usually for quality and longevity, if there’s a profile (chamfer, ogee mould, J handle detail etc) being machined into the edge of a board (ply/mdf) that is to be veneered. The below method would be the go to…
- A solid piece of timber the same thickness as the board, is bonded to the edge of the board where the profile is being machined
- The board is then veneered over, including the bonded on solid timber sections, and the profile is then machined into the solid edge
This way there’s no tricky veneering involved and the seem between the veneer and solid is much more accurate.
Hope this is clear and helps in any way!
Hi Charlie,
Cheers for the tips, this really helps!
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Hi Charlie,
Or anyone else knowledgeable about such things?
What’s your experience in matching wood colour? I have 2 boards of sapele that are significantly different in colour that I was planning on jointing, is there any stain advice that you’d have?
I was thinking about putting on a coat of stain on both boards, seeing how it looked then potentially another coat on the lighter board to get a better match,
No worries man, glad I could help!
I’ve never tried to match wood colour but my experience in staining is to alwaysssss do a patch test on an off cut/inconspicuous place to see how it comes out. It’s always a trial and error thing in my eyes.
With your sapele it seems like what you’ve described would be the best method in my opinion, but open to anyone else’s thoughts on it!
(Also, for stain brands I would always recommend Osmo or Rubio)
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