Applying Veneer to a Curved Leg - Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration

I'm Tom Johnson of Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration in Gorham, Maine. I'm restoring this oak cabinet. I just want to show you what we're going to do with this one leg here. These feet were veneered across the front with the oak veneer. That veneer was ruined by water damage and the veneer is no good. I'm going to re-veneer this with new veneer. Okay, so I've glued down the veneer on the sides. All this veneer came off easily. I also re-glued these three blocks that make up this leg and then I've sanded this nice and smooth. So I'm ready to veneer it. Next, I'll cut a piece of veneer. I have a really nice piece of quarter sawn oak flexible veneer here. In other words, it's veneer that's backed with some luan. So in other words, it's two plies. Very easy to work with. Very flexible. It's perfect veneer for going around a curve like that. Seems like it's down really well. Okay, now I need to do the other one. Okay, so now I've got to trim the veneer around the edge here, fill any gaps I find, sand this really well, and then stain it. Okay, now I'm ready to stain. I've got some stain here that I think is a pretty good match to the original color. All right, I've sealed the area where I've stained. I know I need to tone it some, but I'm going to glue it to the cabinet first so I can see exactly how I want It looks pretty good.