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On today's weekend show we talking about the wood movement and veneer thickness.

William wrote in with this to say:

Try to contain your excitement as I present to you your 10,000th wood movement question. I've seen several people make small table tops by veneering relatively thick strips (1/4"-1/2") of wood to plywood or particle board, in effect flipping the bird to conventional wisdom about the wood expanding or failing later. I can see this working on thinner stock but I wondered if there was a magic number of thickness that should probably be considered the threshold for such an application? Would species make much difference?

On today's weekend show we talking about the wood movement and veneer thickness.

William wrote in with this to say:

Try to contain your excitement as I present to you your 10,000th wood movement question. I've seen several people make small table tops by veneering relatively thick strips (1/4"-1/2") of wood to plywood or particle board, in effect flipping the bird to conventional wisdom about the wood expanding or failing later. I can see this working on thinner stock but I wondered if there was a magic number of thickness that should probably be considered the threshold for such an application? Would species make much difference?

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