MILLIARD

Hammer Veneering Click on the photo to see a larger image.
	Q. What type of glue do you use? A. I use the dry ground hide glue from Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe. I don't know the gram strength. Q. What type of veneer hammer are you using? A. I'm using a homemade veneer hammer, that is made from scrap oak with a UHMW "Blade). This UHMW blade glides easily and nothing sticks to it.
	Q. What type of veneer are you using? A. I think you are referring to the anigre crotch. Q. Where you do buy your veneer? A. Constantine's, Certainly Wood, and Flamingo
	Q. Why are you using pine as a substrate here and mahogany elsewhere? A. The original clock had a lower front door made with battened ends. You could clearly see the effects of shrinkage in the photo of it. As you would expect the field had shrunk, causing damage to the inlay and veneers. This led me to believe that the panel must have been made from pine, since mahogany probably would not shrunk so much. To avoid the same problem, but maintain an accurate appearance I made the field panel from narrow strips of pine, glue together so as to have the grain in as nearly a quarter sawn orientation as possible. I then covered this with white pine veneer. The result is a very stable panel that is nearly indistinguishable from solid wood.

For more discussion about this clock see Rob Millards posting on the SAPFM Forum. Click here!