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   mattk41 | Oct 21, 2022 10:39pm | #1

   Other than commercial plywood manufacturing where are you seeing rotary cut veneer? In answer to the question though, I don’t believe veneer itself has enough mass to be a cross-grain joint issue. The reason to veneer both sides of panel, however, is so the glue and moisture in evaporating is balanced on both faces.

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   DRBWWing | Oct 22, 2022 07:24am | #2

   I would be more concerned about the wood than the veneer.

   But veneer isn’t thick enough to worry about.

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   jake_w | Oct 22, 2022 08:27am | #3

   Rotary cut veneer will move similarly to a flat sawn veneer. In general, it is best to keep the grain of the veneer and the solid wood in the same direction, but it really doesn't matter. All that fancy French marquetry from the 1600's was on solid wood and the veneer grain runs in every direction. If that stuff still looks good, you should be fine.

   Mattk41, almost all burls and most figured woods are rotary cut. For example, all my birdseye maple is rotary cut. I also occasionally find wood that is for backing veneer to be rotary cut.

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