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Author:  sdsollod [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:51 am ]
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I bought some indian rosewood and maple veneer to try doing an arm bevel and I'm wondering if there are some other uses for veneer I haven't thought of. Any suggestions for uses for veneer?
Author:  Chris Ensor [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:53 am ]
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Purfling. Glue up a sandwich of different woods and cut into strips of your desired height. Voila- custom purfling.
Author:  truckjohn [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:38 am ]
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A cheap spaghetti cutter makes the most wonderful purfling strips.

The challenge is twofold... One is to feed into the cutter straight. The second is to dampen it a bit so it doesn't crack all over the place.

$10.00 worth of veneer makes a lifetime supply of purfling.
Author:  Tim L [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:37 am ]
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That's a good idea John
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Author:  Clay S. [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 12:12 pm ]
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it makes nice guitars....
Author:  bcombs510 [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:41 pm ]
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truckjohn wrote:
A cheap spaghetti cutter makes the most wonderful purfling strips.

The challenge is twofold... One is to feed into the cutter straight. The second is to dampen it a bit so it doesn't crack all over the place.

$10.00 worth of veneer makes a lifetime supply of purfling.


I'm trying to visualize this after looking at various slicers on Amazon. It just won't coalesce. :)

Do you have any pics?


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Author:  jfmckenna [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:45 pm ]
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I wanna see pics of the slicer to.

Plenty of uses for veneer. Can make nice pickguards too.
Author:  Mark Mc [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:52 pm ]
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Burl veneers make nice headstock facing, with a binding around it to protect the edges.
Author:  Chris Pile [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:37 pm ]
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Laminate different species together to make truss rod covers, pickguards, etc.
Author:  dzsmith [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:02 pm ]
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Chris Pile wrote:
Laminate different species together to make truss rod covers, pickguards, etc.

Six sheets of Walnut.
Author:  nkforster [ Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:33 am ]
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Yep, it makes nice guitars

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Author:  Hesh [ Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:47 am ]
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I do set-ups nearly every day and some of these guitars are not expensive instruments but nonetheless important to someone. This means that we need economical ways to provide real value without breaking the bank for say a college student or anyone for that matter.

Mahogany veneer oriented so that the end grain is not on the ends makes an excellent nut shim to raise a nut that the slots are too low AND the nut is genuine, imitation... ;) plastic and not suitable for composite dental fillings. A smear of CA on the ends makes a pretty close match for finished hog too making the shim is nearly invisible provided that it's perfectly flush and the nut and shim have been refitted to a gapless nut channel.

I can make a shimmed nut with hog veneer in only a few minutes and the tonal/vibrational transfer of the shim if the neck material is also hog should be pretty transparent.

I've also backed up side cracks with hog veneer as a patch if you will backing a glued crack.

A hog nut shim IMO is a nicer way to go for a nut shim if you must (meaning a new nut is better but not always in the budget...) and veneer makes it very easy to do. Raise the nut up and recut the nut slots back down to optimal, next. :)
Author:  Woodie G [ Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:40 am ]
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We have a couple poly sleeves of plain, birdseye, and figured maple, SA mahogany, cherry, and walnut veneer, plus a box of exotic scrap and some really thin holly stuff (.010"). We use it for:

- Shims on neck resets (maple swells just enough and slowly enough...cuts with scissors)
- Cross-grain laminates for sound ports (we used a sandwich of cross-grain layers of maple and ebony, with inner layer of claro walnut on an unbound port...nice detail that added some visual interest without the excessive emphasis that binding would have shown)
- Shims for saddle height approximation (straight edge resting on a single layer of veneer at second fret and three layers Scotch-taped together at twelfth fret & aligned with 1th string path...mark where straight edge hits saddle...repeat for on 6th string path, using four plies for shim at 12th...use radius gauge and mark estimated top curve of saddle)
- Purfling lines (cut with a rotary cutter and straight edge - 0.022"-0.024" thickness is pretty consistent within a flitch)
- Airbrush shading/color matching coupon (either with a sheet of Lexan over for rough match or directly on the material)

I am certain there are lots of other uses.
Author:  Pmaj7 [ Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:57 pm ]
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Hesh wrote:
Mahogany veneer oriented so that the end grain is not on the ends makes an excellent nut shim....A smear of CA on the ends makes a pretty close match for finished hog too making the shim is nearly invisible provided that it's perfectly flush and the nut and shim have been refitted to a gapless nut channel.
brilliant!
Author:  dzsmith [ Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:40 pm ]
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You could go nuts with it.
Dan
Author:  sdsollod [ Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:29 am ]
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Beautiful work Dan. Where do you get your veneer from?
Author:  dzsmith [ Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:15 am ]
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sdsollod wrote:
Beautiful work Dan. Where do you get your veneer from?

Thanks Steve! Veneersupplies.com
Author:  Mike OMelia [ Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:20 pm ]
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Holy cow. As if I have not misabused so many of my wife's cooking tools. Now, I'm dreaming of feeding veneer wood into her Kitchen Aide pasta attachment. Need to try this while she is out of town...
Author:  truckjohn [ Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:35 pm ]
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I wouldn't use the wife's fancy $150 pasta attachment for her standing mixer.... Just make a trip over to bed bath and beyond and buy the $40 hand crank model.....
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