I bought this edge trimmer when I got the veneer. I did read some sites online wherein the instructions said "use a hobby knife" to trim the excess. That might work for some, but you need to get a nice square edge, and the edge trimmer worked perfectly, as it has a lip that holds the blade in alignment with the veneer. Plus, it's only like five bucks.
One thing I alluded to earlier is that overhang distance. The Band-It veneer instructions say to leave a 1/2 inch (12 or 13mm) overhang. I left that or a bit more, and it's too much - it wastes veneer and makes it hard to cut with the trimmer. I actually had to use scissors to trim the excess down on a couple panels to where I could cut it with the trimmer. This is still a learning process.
The panel on the right is an example - I probably had more like an inch...er...25mm...of overhang. You don't need that much.
After all the sides were veneered, I needed to open the holes for the speaker and the ports back up. It was easy to figure out where they were - I just tapped the front and back panels and could hear the "hollow" sound where the holes are.
I cut a couple slits with an X-Acto knife and then went at it with the router.
On the left is my amazing new Rigid 1 hp trim router. This thing proved to be almost indispensible on this project. I'm already thinking ahead to what other trouble I can get into with it!
I used a trim bit for the port and speaker holes, and used the 1/2 inch roundover for the port hole. (Porthole?)
The veneer is so thin, I had a very shallow cut...it just tore through it.
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