I recently made a white oak dining table. The top is 1/4 sawn white oak veneer framed with a 4″ frame of flat sawn solid wood. Between the two woods is a 1/2″ inlay.
When sanding the flat sawn wood flush with the veneered center, I got a little agressive and sanded through the veneer where the veneer meets the inlay. Now the paper shows through. The paper is about the same color as the wood. The damaged area is ~2 x 1/4″ wide. The table top is 43×63″.
I would appreciate any ideas on how to repair this mistake.
Thanks, Dave
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Perhaps rout a new perimeter around the table which overlaps the mistake, add more inlay...
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Hey Thanks, I didn't think of that.
Jack's suggestion is a good one. I do alot of tables with solid wood around veneer and I've found the best thing to do is to pre-sanding the veneer and the solid wood separately, then use a good biscuit jointer on the top and the solid surround so everything aligns properly before gluing it together. After the glue dries, all that's left to do is a little final scraping and finish sanding. Hope that helps. Cheers.Russhttp://www.jensenfinefurniture.com
I did all of that. Maybe in the future I will use a shem (a sheet of paper or two) to lower the veneered plywood down a little below the surface of the solid wood when I cut the biscuit slots.Thanks for your help.
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