Following up on some suggestions in another current thread, I spent a little time on the Lee Valley site learning about their bevel up smoothing planes.
I was amazed at how thin the shavings can be with such a plane. It got me to wondering if it would be practical to final-finish veneered plywood with such a plane.
I had figured that either sandpaper or a scraper were the only viable methods, but was wondering if any of you regularly use a smoothing plane on veneered plywood?
If so, does it work only with a homogenous straight-grained veneer, or would it work with a highly figured veneer?
In addition to the above, I have these followup questions:
1) Do you find you have to be "super careful" in order to avoid going through?
2) Is the final result usually better than sandpaper?
3) does it wind up being faster/easier than sanding?
I was amazed at how thin the shavings can be with such a plane. It got me to wondering if it would be practical to final-finish veneered plywood with such a plane.
I had figured that either sandpaper or a scraper were the only viable methods, but was wondering if any of you regularly use a smoothing plane on veneered plywood?
If so, does it work only with a homogenous straight-grained veneer, or would it work with a highly figured veneer?
In addition to the above, I have these followup questions:
1) Do you find you have to be "super careful" in order to avoid going through?
2) Is the final result usually better than sandpaper?
3) does it wind up being faster/easier than sanding?