Measuring & Cutting New Wood Veneer

Video Transcript

"Once we get our piece all ready to have the veneer cut, we take a piece of veneer like this of mahogany, we want to match the grain as close as possible, so we look at this whole piece of, this is actually a piece of crotch mahogany. Comes out of the crotch of a tree where maybe two branches come together and they slice this out and use it for decorative veneers. This drawer's got some nice stripes in it from the, you can see them here throughout the crotch mahogany. So we're going to snip a little piece off here with our razor blade, bring it over. We want to keep our grain running the same direction. We don't want to go this way. So very important to keep your grain running the same way. That way, you're repairs more invisible once you get it glued down. The next process is just simply to match the angle of the cut here. We just eyeball it at first. Make a couple of strokes with the razor blade. Once we do that we want a hard surface to finish the cut. We always want to cut the veneer bigger than what we need. As you can see, we're getting real close with our angles. Now we just got to fine tune it a little bit. Just a little bit more angle. This is probably the most tedious part, getting your angle right. The closer you get it now, the better the repair will look later. Just about there. Once we've got it cut and we fit the angle, make sure you have left excess on both sides to overhang. We'll trim this off later. That gives you an idea of keep the rain straight, keep your angles cut and get ready for the next step in the process, which will be to anchor this down."