so I cut up a 4x8 sheet of 1/4 inch oak ply. I needed 11 pieces, I got 12 out of it, good thing, I damaged the sides on one.
The bottom riser was a bit smaller.
I cut up the sheet and poly'ed first coat in one hour. Next day, sanded, second coat, all of 15 minutes. Took me 30 minutes to liquid nails and a few pins to put them all in place.
This morning, I worked on cutting and glueing on the veneer on the bottom two steps.
I worked over 3 hours getting it cut and installed with contact cement. Ill let it sit for 3 days, then apply poly.
Since the risers were painted over and over again, I gave them a good sanding first then cleaned them off nicely before I applied the contact cement, seems it worked well, no bubbles.
Hope it holds well once I apply poly.
This project was supposed to be started sometime next year during the winter months.
I made new hardwood seats for my front room table(dining table), since the original ones were wrong material(leatherette junk) and some of them are ripping/tearing. Ill use hardwood seats and buy cushions.
This little project was a ton of glueups, ran it all through the drum sander, and this will be done tomorrow.
Im 6 months ahead of my projects list. Probably hit the lathe a lot in the near future and work on some flatwork toys also, all for fun.
the cooler weather is a beautiful thing for me, the myasthenia isn't knocking me down as bad as when the temps and humidity are higher.
Im back to working like a machine again, focused, less errors, just feels a lot better.