I’m presently making a 30″ X 48″ coffee table. The table apron will be veneered with curly maple. The curl stripes will run vertically. I also want the legs veneered. They will be 2 -3/4″ in cross section. Is it asthetically o.k. to run the curly maple on the legs horizontally? If I try to run curl stripes vertically, I would have to butt the veneer together. My veneer pieces are only 5 inches wide. You will probably see the seam/joint if I run the curl stripes vertical. What is standard practice to this application.
Thanks,
Don
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Standard practice is to have horizontal curly stripes on the legs, since that's the way they would be if the leg were solid wood.
Personal aesthetic opinion: I think curly maple on skinny table legs should be outlawed. I'd use straight-grained (rift-sawn if possible) maple instead.
-Steve
I am gonna have to echo Steve here. It may look visually different, but that will most likely translate into visually confusing. From a mechanical standpoint, running the leg veneer horizontal will create quite a few edge joints that have the potential to fail. Using either solid curly maple or like Steve said, rift sawn, will marry splendidly with a veneered apron.
Adam
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