My first big project; perhaps too ambitious, but I want to try it. I purchased plans for a Morris chair from FWW. The instructions tell me to use 1/8 inch veneer around a core for the front and back legs. That means a miter joint longways on each of the sides of the veneer? That’s how I picture it, but how do I cut a miter joint that will match all the way up and down a twenty some inch leg on 1/8 inch material? I believe I can cut the veneer; it may end up a little more than 1/8, I can make up for the width by changing the dimmension of the core. It will be as close to 1/8 as I can make it. I have a bandsaw, jointer and planer.
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You already posted this question: 41606.1
And you got a reply from Robert W Lang, senior editor at Popular Woodworking, author of several books and articles on Arts & Crafts furniture, and an acknowledged expert on the topic.
Bottom line: You're making this much more complicated than it really is. Follow Bob's advice. He even illustrates it in some of his articles/books. To see the technique in action, buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy of Arts & Crafts Furniture Projects and look at pages 75, 96 and 132. For an alternative technique for making Stickley-style legs, see the photo on page 18 and the sidebar on page 170.
-Steve
The veneer is only so you'll have quartersawn material showing on all four faces. Frankly, for my first chair I wouldn't worry about it.
I always thought this little manoeuvre was a bit disingenuous given the ethic of the A&C movement. Let the wood be the wood. Quartersawn Oak does not show ray flecks (flakes) on all four faces and edges of a board. You could also simply use flatsawn material and avoid the matter altogether.
Mahogany was also used though less commonly than Oak, fwiw.
Edited 5/8/2008 12:26 pm ET by TaunTonMacoute
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