Cutting Wood veneer

[the great waldo]

Hi All -

I'm after some tips on how to cut thin wood veneers that I hope to use for inlays using my CNC router.

I've seen suggestions of gluing to my waste board for cutting, but how to unstick it again without splitting the wood - also seen double sided tape suggested - same question

Any clever Ideas welcomed

Hi Britannicus

You have two options .
1 use a vacuum table
2 cheaper Stick some masking tape down on your baseboard then stick some masking tape onto the back of your veneer ( if you have some very fine cuts you might have to reduce the stickiness of the tape that goes on the back of the veneer so that its easier to remove without breaking the part) run some super glue onto the base board tape, spray a little activator on the tape on the veneer and glue it to the tape on the baseboard. It's probably a good idea to have an overlap on the baseboard tape to be able to peel it off a little easier. This technique works for big pieces of material too. Good luck.

Cheers
Andrew