Cutting Wood veneer

[Kitwn]

Just off the top of my head, I haven't tried this:

Glue the veneer to some scrap MDF that goes on top of the piece. Cut it out (you may have to build a small vacuum table), inlay and then machine off the MDF.

There's a cunning method using V-carve which could be adapted to suit at the link below (it says 'video' in the link but is actualy a .pdf document)

Kit

http://www.vectric.org/video/aspire4..._Procedure.pdf

[cropwell]

I have used the method that Kit suggested. I cut straight sides with a 1mm cutter to refine the edges after pocketing out the piece with a larger cutter. the 'veneer' was cut mirror-image out of 8mm thick stock, and I think I went down 5mm. When I put the two together it was an interference fit, so I planed down the excess with a pocketting program and sanded to finish.

If you plan your work so that all corners are radiused 0.5mm, you should get a perfect fit. I did consider glueing, but the french polish held it all together nicely.

Sorry, but I can't find pictures of the finished job and the work went out as presents.

Cheers,

Rob

[Britannicus1]

I've had an idea -

Thanks for the suggestions - Not really got the finances for a vacuum table, and double sided sticky has yielded variable results (to be honest I don't think I've got the right sort on hand so I'm thinking laterally - I'm going to try an experiment based on some of your suggestions but tweaking the idea a bit. inspired by Wald and Kitwn

I'm going to glue my veneer to some thin MDF with wallpaper glue - then i can cut right through without fear of splitting - then a good wet sponge should allow me to separate the two without much force.

What do people think ?? - workable solution ???