I don’t usually bother veneering panels as they are so cheap to buy but this week I need an Oak panel for a job that has to be less than 4mm thick, my supplier couldn’t come up with one this thickness so my only option was to make one.
I’ve used 1.5mm plywood on to which I’ve glued 1.5mm Oak veneer, the leaves were around 120-130mm wide so I started by straightening the edges with them bundle together & clamped to the work bench.
i then ran the bundle through the bandsaw & repeated the same planing process until I was happy with the fit
the only tape I had was some 2” frog tape so I used this to hold the leaves together which enabled me to turn it over in one piece to apply the glue
As I don’t have any fancy veneering gear after I’d glued the veneer to the 1.5mm ply I placed a cupped piece of 22mm ply on top of the panel & clamped it all to the bench using cupped off cuts of timber as cauls
I was really pleased with the results, this is the panel after it’s firs coat of hard wax oil