I have picked out the venner I will be useing for the top of my jewlery box. I decided on birds eye maple. Now alot of people said to get some kind of rosewood veneer, but the birds eye maple was so beautiful and I couldn’t resist. I am going to be staining the oak with a nice brownish golden look, and the maple will probobly just be left the way that it is. It should look good with the oak when the oak is stained. I want to hear what you think about this choice. I think that it could be a good contrast, or mabye a bad mismatched comination, what do you think? Thanks so much.
Tyler
-- Tyler, Illinois
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rikkor
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posted 110 days ago
It sounds like a good choice to me Tyler.
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davidtheboxmaker
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Sounds good to me. I certainly wouldn’t stain the birds eye veneer, you can’t improve on that.
Scott Bryan
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Sounds good to me as well. They should be a nice contrast and birdseye will give the box a lot of character.
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Sawdust2
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Sounds like a plan to me.
I really like Bird’s Eye maple.
Do you have anvacuum bag or will you be using plywood and cauls for clamping the veneer?
Lee
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motthunter
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if you took the bird’s eye, how will he find food?
Sounds good. I look forward to seeing it when it is done
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aaronmolloy
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posted 110 days ago
Sounds like a great idea staining would be certainly a good idea
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mrtrim
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id go for it and if you dont like it dont do it again ! thats how you find your own preferences . mine are with oak i like walnut or mohogany , and with maple i like cherry . half the fun is trying different things good luck looking forward to seeing it .
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grovemadman
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posted 110 days ago
Sounds like a good choice, have fun with it!
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Billp
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can’t wait to see it. I sounds great.
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