I’m building a dining table, 40″x64″, with expansion slides for leaves
in the center. I’ll be using cherry veneer, unbacked, 1/42″ and I have
a vacuum bag setup and plan to use Unibond 800 glue.
The question is – for the substrate, I would like to use 3/4″ baltic
birch plywood, as it holds screws well and I want the expansion slides
to attach as firmly as possible. It seems to me that this will hold
screws much better than MDF. Is there a problem in using this plywood
as the substrate?
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Baltic birch is a great substrate for veneering, I use it for all my veneered tops. Just make sure to do both sides to keep it from warping.
Thanks for the info (and your time).
Another very nice substrate is called Armor-Ply. It may go by other names from different manufacturers. This is plywood with thin (1/8"+-) laminations of mdf on both faces. It holds screws well, having a plywood core, and has the mdf smoothness for the veneer. It also is considerably lighter than standard mdf and is less dusty to work.
Baltic birch's maximum 60" dimension may not lend itself to your 64" length.
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