Adventure in veneering part I - Research

This is mostly a note to self posting that contains links relevant to my research on hammer veneering:

Useful video on hammer veneering crotch walnut. Part one covers softening and initial layout. Part two deals with bubbles and repairs.

FineWoodworking thread on glue and softening. And a related PDF on hammer veneering (must be a subscriber to FWW to open).

A shockingly thorough resource on veneering can be found here.

Things coming together

The burl veneer arrived. It is quite a bit darker than the picture on the store's website. But I'll make it work in my design. The boards meant to be bent are also milled and ready to go. I now have to decide how I'll be getting them to temperature.  Since they are fairly small (9" and 18"), I'm thinking that all that I'll need is to steam them in the oven in a large turkey roaster filled with a few inches of water. Making a steambox, and rigging a steam source (probably the camping stove) in -5C temperature doesn't sound too attractive at the moment.

Applying Wood Veneer and Veneering

Here is a link to a resource for my upcoming veneering work on the cabinet doors of the TV stand.

Applying Wood Veneer and Veneering.

Veneer procuring woes

Sigh, I'm trying to get my hand on some burl veneer for the TV stand project. Beautiful veneer goes for a reasonable price, but shipping more than doubles the cost ($35 of Pimento burl ends up costing $85). I spend the day groaning about that, wondering whether I should just make my own veneer (which couldn't be the nice rotary stuff from burls).  My wife, who does the budgeting, offered the simple solution of drowning the shipping cost by ordering more veneer. Isn't it simple? I'm lucky to have access to a range of woodworking stores and hardwood sawmills, but I'm totally out of luck for veneer.