Wifey wants some new furniture, coffee table, TV unit, table lamp etc
Been round the shops and seen some things that we like but they are either the wrong size, to expensive or crap quality. So said I would try to build them myself .
Was going to be reasonably easy as her original choice just used butt joints which could have edging veneer ironed on.the edges.
New design will need 80mm square legs and L shaped strips 120mm x 70mm and 1M long. These need to look as if they have been made using solid wood rather than strips so visible butt joints or visible mitre joints are out of the question.
Expect to be using oak veneered MDF, doubt that I could afford solid oak even if I knew where to buy it. So as I see it I have 2 choices.
1) Mitre joints.
2) Use plain MDF and veneer myself afterwards.
Quite happy working with solid pine as its forgiving and mistakes can be rectified, but not sure with veneered MDF.
So question is how can I make a good mitre joint 1M long and how best to glue together such that the joint will not be visible.
Or would it be better to use plain MDF and veneer. If so how best to apply the veneer to that size of wood. Did try veneering many years ago without too much success as sheet veneer seems to be a bit wavy rather than flat.
Sorry for the long post. Hope you got this far
Been round the shops and seen some things that we like but they are either the wrong size, to expensive or crap quality. So said I would try to build them myself .
Was going to be reasonably easy as her original choice just used butt joints which could have edging veneer ironed on.the edges.
New design will need 80mm square legs and L shaped strips 120mm x 70mm and 1M long. These need to look as if they have been made using solid wood rather than strips so visible butt joints or visible mitre joints are out of the question.
Expect to be using oak veneered MDF, doubt that I could afford solid oak even if I knew where to buy it. So as I see it I have 2 choices.
1) Mitre joints.
2) Use plain MDF and veneer myself afterwards.
Quite happy working with solid pine as its forgiving and mistakes can be rectified, but not sure with veneered MDF.
So question is how can I make a good mitre joint 1M long and how best to glue together such that the joint will not be visible.
Or would it be better to use plain MDF and veneer. If so how best to apply the veneer to that size of wood. Did try veneering many years ago without too much success as sheet veneer seems to be a bit wavy rather than flat.
Sorry for the long post. Hope you got this far