Laura´s Veneer Lamp

This week I worked with veneer for the first time.
Rockler sent me a steamer a while back and i finally found a project to use it! Big Thanks to Rockler for Sponsoring this Project.

I founds a sheet of this stunning birdseye maple veneer and used some of the maple i had left over from the big table i built a while back.

some notes on bending veneer...it is very tricky!
if you want to try the ballon-trick, don´t leave it in there for too long otherwise your venner might get stockpatch.
same with the tape. make sure the veneer gets a lot of ventilation while covered in tape.

i hope you enjoyed this project!!

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[Rouverius]

After many attempts with glue and curved surfaces, I predict my end result would be me rage quitting with wet ripped veneer everywhere and half covered in glue. You are a patient woman with obvious skill. Thanks for making it look so easy.

[sadiqmohamed]

Way back in the 50s and 60s the BBC used to broadcast Interval Programmes to fill space between the morning kids programmes and the early evening stuff. They had woodworking, potters wheels, and such, all edited to music. Very calming. Your videos are 21st century version. Very nicely done, and this lamp is quite beautiful.

[shopfromscratch]

Such a warm glow. I love that you turned both rings out of 1 piece like that. Love to watch anybody use the lathe and not waste most of a piece of wood making sawdust. Well done!

[cassvirgillo]

Hello Laura, Very nice design elements used in the Veneer Lamp. You never fail to amaze me, the different types of projects and materials used. I like to make practical, sometimes for fun, things a person can actually use, light is good. Love your channel, really like the Album of the Week feature, and, of course, the projects. Happy to see your wearing your comfy Safety Glasses, make it a habit, best thing you can do. Thankyou for sharing your talent and skills. Work safe, be good, C.

[Don.Challenger]

If I had Laura's skill level and her patience and diligence I might have tried cutting through the veneer overlap for a butt join reinforcing that on the inside with a strip of thin clear plastic with a clear glue to maximize the translucense of light shining through at the veneer's seam - but that would only be a small detail on an otherwise very good build. The production and build value is faultless. Very happy to have watched as invariably I am.

[nicolek]

That's gorgeous - the way the grain shows up with the lamp behind.

[PerthPete]

Wow! What a surprise when the globe was turned on and the light shone through the veneer.

[devjock]

Gorgeous marbling on that wood! And well done on the lathework! Nice looking base. Simple, no-nonsense and functional.

Seeing as you've got a few spare veneers, I Can't wait till you get into pyrography. That'll really unleash the creative fury :)

Cheers, thanks for sharing Laura!

[theseeker]

Fine looking lamp. I really like the look of veneer shades on lamps or any light fixture where you want mood lighting or just want dim light sideways and full light down, like for a reading light on the headboard of a bed or sidetable. Veneer drives me crazy, though.
Great use of tape or "clamp on a roll". I use the blue or white painters tape. It isn't as sticky, so I wind up using twice as much, but as much trouble as I have with clumsy fingers sometimes, every little bit of help I can get is welcome.
I really enjoy this channel. Thank you for taking the time and bearing the aggravation of filming and posting.

[KevinsDisobedience]

Beautifully shot and a beautiful finished product.

[AndyBirkeyMaker]

Well done again, Laura. Veneers can be deceptively tricky to work with, but you pulled it off with style! Such a warm light coming through the veneer... beautiful.

[divyajnana]

WOW, that veneer store is great. Elegant lamp, nice work, the Birdseye Maple has a warm glow. Thanks for the post

[BGazzah]

Never ceased to be impressed with your work...  Excellent as always.

[bluecurvedesign]

Another illuminating video with Kaura Lampf!

[ArtfullyRogue]

That must have been shopping paradise at the veneer shop. I don't work with veneer really at all so it was cool to see the process. Thanks Laura

[sgsax]

The glow through the veneer was perfect! Love this one!

[wagzel]

Great presentation of the project; plus I like the honesty of a bandaged finger.

[timguba]

Very nice. Sleek design. Another winner, Laura!

[karlish]

huh, the balloon was a great idea, you always seem to come up with smart little tricks to mark / hold stuff. nice one Laura.

[adampatterson]

Very cool!

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