10-02-2013, 11:54 AM
Hi,
Good question Lawrence and I too would like to know the answer. Having attempted to apply veneer to this Barker cabinet I'm convinced cabinets like this were made around a "former" with the outer face veneer already added or added during forming then openings cut out later.
The holes/openings to the front panel gave me great trouble and I can't see any cabinet manufacturer going to the lengths I have done in order to simply apply the face veneer; they would quickly become bankrupt.
Even with perfect templates to mark out face veneer the veneers all behave differently even ones selected from the same log so this would also fail as the wetted veneer would be unpredictable.
It would however be very possible to assemble the cabinet then apply the face veneer as a full sheet; trim when dry then rout out the various openings and I'm sure this would work whilst being economical; I've not yet seen any video covering how such cabinets were manufactured in bulk and by now most of the people involved in such work will have passed away taking the information with them.
Kind regards, Col.
Good question Lawrence and I too would like to know the answer. Having attempted to apply veneer to this Barker cabinet I'm convinced cabinets like this were made around a "former" with the outer face veneer already added or added during forming then openings cut out later.
The holes/openings to the front panel gave me great trouble and I can't see any cabinet manufacturer going to the lengths I have done in order to simply apply the face veneer; they would quickly become bankrupt.
Even with perfect templates to mark out face veneer the veneers all behave differently even ones selected from the same log so this would also fail as the wetted veneer would be unpredictable.
It would however be very possible to assemble the cabinet then apply the face veneer as a full sheet; trim when dry then rout out the various openings and I'm sure this would work whilst being economical; I've not yet seen any video covering how such cabinets were manufactured in bulk and by now most of the people involved in such work will have passed away taking the information with them.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
