That’s about what I figured, George. I’m planning a radial pattern, but with a center so I don’t have super-skinny points to deal with in the middle. Haven’t bought the veneer for the center yet, though.
I’ve got a veneer saw, which I’m not especially enamored of. And a box-cutter wanders to follow the grain, so I had kind of decided on a rotary cutter, but we’ll see how it all goes with burl.
The nice thing I found on this one is that my Carter miter plane does a really good job of trimming the edge of burl veneer, so I can use that if I just need to take off a hair somewhere.