Black veneers
- Thread starter ratcues
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Use ebony.......it's the only way you'll get a consistent thickness across the board.
Milling machine.........I cut wood down to .010 thick, consistent across the entire piece. I can cut it thinner but it gets a little dicey under 10-12 thick.
How do you get it down to veneer size and consistent thickness?
Bandsaw then drumsander?
Please pm price and type of wood. I could use some.
I bought some at the local WoodCraft. They are a consistant .020.
This is a little out of the box thinking but I have done this. You can compress the wood to the wanted thickness. I have used a jewelers roller press for exactly what you are talking about. It is something like what you roll spaghetti with but far more precise. If you are just doing a small amount you can even just press the small pieces in a vice till correct. The wood by the way will recover a bit once glued in and create a very tight fit.
It is also possible to microwave the pieces. It removes the moisture and shrinks the wood down. Again, once glued in they recover in size for a tight fit. You can also do this with wood inlays. You make them a little oversize. Put them in the microwave for a few seconds and they press right in. Once they recover you can't find a gap anywhere you have the best fit you have ever seen.
Just some out of the box thinking.