Peter Rideout
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Hello Everyone
We picked up a solid old government desk (mostly maple) for our son's place at college.
The drawer fronts are veneer and the center one (about 24" wide, maybe 3" high) is pretty beat up. This is new territory for me, so I'm looking for a few pointers on:
1) best way to strip off the old busted veneer
2) simplest way to prepare a new piece (bandsaw, thickness planer?)
3) is regular cabinetmakers glue fine for this?
This has already turned from "just a decent old desk for college" to a project. I'm not really looking to work on it until Christmas either! Got enough to do already
Any advice much appreciated, as always.
Thanks and best regards
Peter
We picked up a solid old government desk (mostly maple) for our son's place at college.
The drawer fronts are veneer and the center one (about 24" wide, maybe 3" high) is pretty beat up. This is new territory for me, so I'm looking for a few pointers on:
1) best way to strip off the old busted veneer
2) simplest way to prepare a new piece (bandsaw, thickness planer?)
3) is regular cabinetmakers glue fine for this?
This has already turned from "just a decent old desk for college" to a project. I'm not really looking to work on it until Christmas either! Got enough to do already
Any advice much appreciated, as always.
Thanks and best regards
Peter