I’ve got myself a whole bunch of veneer samples and I’m wondering how to store them.
There’s essentially 0 humidity here and I’m a little worried they’ll dry to the point of cracking.
Is that a problem folks have run into or am I overthinking? Should I get a little humidor for my fancy veneer considering it’s all less than a square foot, it wouldn’t be terribly expensive
And lastly, should I learn to play cribbage just to have an excuse to make inlayed cribbage boards…looking at the forums, you folks do some wild inlay work but it just always seems to be cribbage
(Still working on abalone inlay as well, abalone specific cutters just arrived the other day!)
Today I learned about “veneer softener”, thanks Joes Woodworking
Sounds like a probably want a little humidor with some weights to keep even pressure across the veneer. Bonus, I can then practice inlay on the humidor and gift them to the cigar owners in my life
I suppose having low humidity has advantages. I live in East Texas where the air is always dripping with humidity. I have to really stay on my cast iron tools to keep them rust free. I have a box full of veneers that I used for doing marquetry but have not looked in it for a couple of years. I think the advise of keeping them flat with weight on them is a good thing no matter the humidity level where you live.
I have been cleaning my shop out for the last few weeks and have been finding all kinds of things I had forgot about. The spiders and dirt doubbers have taken over things with holes in them. I will get to the box of veneers sooner or later and will see what shape they are in.
