re: Bookmatching

I wanted to make a desk for myself. The burl was for the center rectangle on the top. The main motif on the book match is kind of small for what I envision.
This said I am a novice in veneering.
I have not started on this project as I have been away from the shop for almost a year now.

Veneer and planer do not like each other :) at 1/42 thickness the veneer won’t last very long.
I have seen some videos with Card scrapers and looks like the way to go to me.
I tried that briefly last year and shewed the veneer. I was too aggressive.