European Oak Veneer

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:00:01 -0600, "John" <[email protected]>
brought forth from the murky depths:

>Howdy,
>I have an old table from 1930 - 1940 (Yeah I'm a young punk, thats old to
>me.) The table has a removable leaf that has spent years flipped down
>underneath the table. It became bowed and the veneer cracked and fell away
>in places. I tried to salvage what I could but no luck. The veneer on the
>rest of the table is fine.

Are you refinishing the whole table?


>Does anyone know where I can purchase this veneer? I've been looking all
>over the web and I find very little. Lots of oak, and bog oak and more oaks
>than I knew existed, but no European oak.

Even if you find the right species, whatever you buy will never
exactly match that table, John. It was probably done in one shot
with the leaves in so everything matched. All from one flitch of
veneer from a single tree.


>If anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it greatly.

Why not take this as a challenge and use a different wood,
something subtly contrasting? Add some unique inlay/marquetry
to make it even more special.

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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:00:01 -0600, "John" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Does anyone know where I can purchase this veneer?

No problem round here, but then I'm in Europe. 8-)
http://www.robbins.co.uk/Pdf%20Files/pl8_veneers.pdf

"European" oak is Quercus robur or Q. petrea. It's a white oak, like
the American white oak Q. alba. It's a bit harder to work and not so
pale, but the figure is very similar and you'd be hard put to tell the
difference. Just avoid the red oaks and you'll be OK.

Oak is often dearkened during finishing, sometimes by ammonia fuming,
sometimes by dyes. You will have to do some colour matching.

Oak also has pores, which are often filled during finishing. You might
want to match their treatment too.

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Try here: http://www.forloversofwood.com/. A & M Specialty Woods, they have
English Oak in the vast selection.

HTH,
Jeffo


"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Howdy,
> I have an old table from 1930 - 1940 (Yeah I'm a young punk, thats old to
> me.) The table has a removable leaf that has spent years flipped down
> underneath the table. It became bowed and the veneer cracked and fell
away
> in places. I tried to salvage what I could but no luck. The veneer on
the
> rest of the table is fine.
>
> It is made out of poplar and topped off with a veneeer that looks to be
> European Oak. I call it European Oak because I purchased the 50pc wood
> identification kit from woodcraft and the veneer they called European Oak
> was a spot on match.
>
> What I'd like to do is purchase some veneer and replace the veneer on the
> leaves. This is where I ran into my problem. The European Oak veneer
that
> is so proudly listed in the identikit, is darned hard to find.
>
> Does anyone know where I can purchase this veneer? I've been looking all
> over the web and I find very little. Lots of oak, and bog oak and more
oaks
> than I knew existed, but no European oak.
>
> If anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it greatly.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
>