Substitutes for wood veneers...?

[Brian Brown]

The only problem I see with the Roarocket stuff, is that it is 1/16 thick, a little more than twice as thick as most veneer used by woodturners. In my case, I often laminate two sheets of veneer together to get a little more thickness anyway. Also their shipping for laminates is strange. They won't ship just the veneers unless you order a laminate pack(???), because of the potential to break. I would think if someone bought a few laminate sheets, and they were packed carefully, there would be no problem. If anyone orders here, let us know how it worked out, and how you like their veneer.

[Doug Rasmussen]

Thanks for all the replies. And, I'm interested to know about the use of heavy paper.

I did find some test material I had on hand. Green plastic engraving stock 1/16" thick. Interesting effect with the green and white.

Besides being thicker than I want wood glue doesn't hold it. I used CA glue which I'm not totally sure holds very well either.

It turns out my local Rockler does have color dyed veneer in 3 square foot packs. They can't tell me the thickness though, only that it's probably not exactly 1/32" thickness. I'll have to find a small jewelers saw blade to match whatever the thickness is.