New facings

[Rich]

I've got my eye on some very attractive figured wood veneer, about 1.5mm thick, with a view to using it as a facing wood on the front & back of a project bass. Obviously I'll need to thin the body down a wee bit before they go on. What's the best way to shave a bit off the front (& back) of a body? An electric plane? Or just a pile of glasspaper and a hell of a lot of elbow grease?
Just to add a complication, the bass has a glued-in neck.

[WarPig]

Doing it by hand will take forever and you might not end up with a very flat surface.

Dont have any mates that are woodworkers? Sounds like alot of work.

Any pics of the veneers? I was thinking about making a scratchplate out of one.

Edited November 26, 2009 by WarPig

[Rich]

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I've got my eye on the sawcut yew tree veneer. There are some other really nice pieces in his list though.

[Al Heeley]

If I wanted to take 1.5mm off a body I'd use a router in key locations to rout out a few small holes to 1.3mm depth, then I'd attack the body with a rotary sander and some coarse paper to level the rest of the wood face till its flush with the routed holes. Then it would need a good levelling all over to take it down to 1.5mm total, before it would be ready to add on the veneer cap. Quite a lot of work for the long winter evenings but a nice project!

[Rich]

Bloody good idea! That's how it shall be done

[Al Heeley]

Make it so.