bookmatching veneer

The edges have to be as perfect as you can get it.

I usually clamp them between two pieces of jointed lumber and use a router with a flush trim bit to clean them up. First in between the clamps them I move the clamps and so on…

Then I use veneering tape to hold the edges tight together.

Pattern differences are something you can do nothing about.

Here is an example:

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

i clamped them between 2 boards and then jointed them on my jointer and used veneer tape, it’s just a black line and it may be the pattern of the madrone that makes the line come out like that too.
thanks gary

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