re: Small box for veneering practice

Thanks, folks!

Splint, oversize and trimming will work for a box, but for the table top I’m going to have pieces that need to fit exactly on three of four sides, so I’m going to need to work on my “cutting to the right size out of the gate” technique. Or leave oversize, and cut two layers of veneer at once so they butt up against each other perfectly, but that introduces new complications….

Note that I already have enough ash burl veneer to do the five foot diameter tabletop. And yes, burl is not as easy to deal with as straight-grained wood (and ash might not be the easiest, either), but I’m pretty sure it’ll look cool when I’m done, so it’s worth some fiddling about to learn what I’m doing.