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Daughter asked me if I could build her a pair of card tables similar to this. 37" x 37" topx 30" height
Burl Table.jpg (Size: 300.49 KB / Downloads: 33)The basic table is simple enough, but my experience in veneering is with hot hide glue on the apron of afederal card table.
I am planing on making the legs and aprons with maple. The tops willlikely be 3/4" baltic birch. Doing a quick look at burl online, I see that Woodcraft has 4 x 8 sheets of maple burl at over $1,300 a sheet, I am calculating that I will need two sheets. I will discuss other options with the daughter, but $ is really not too much of a concern. I think she was looking to spend upwards of$3k (or even more)each from an online source.
regardless of what type of veneer I end up using, is a vacuum press the best option? Will the Harbor Freight 2.5 cfm be enough?
What are some sources of veneer that I should look into?
This is my initial plan, so let me know if it sounds about right.
Mill the aprons at a 3" width and veneer the outer surfaces. Mill a rabbet at the top for the ply substrate to fit into, and miter the ends.Veneer the bottom of the plywood. Glue up the topsection, then veneer the top surface.
The legs will be done separately and I will have some sort of joinery to attach the legs to the top.
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