Table of contents : 1 Introduction to Veneer 4 Knife Checks in Veneer 7 Bandsaw Your Own Veneer 11 Getting on the Good Side of Veneer 14 Laying Veneer 18 Bench-Pressing Veneer 19 Inventing Marquetry 21 Designing with Veneers 24 Matchmaking 25 Hammer Veneering 28 Tips on Veneering 30 Oyster-Shell Veneering 32 Patch-Pad Cutting 34 Marquetry Cutting 38 Marquetry with Flexible Veneers 39 Cutting Corners 41 Marquetry on Furniture 46 Finishing Marquetry 48 Patchwork Marquetry 50 Jigs Speed Veneer-Cutting 51 Marquetry Mystery 54 Geometric Marquetry 55 An Eye on Marquetry in 1983 59 Winners from the 1983 British Marquetry Show 60 Marquetry in 1975 66 Perspective in Marquetry 69 Basic Rules of Perspective 70 How Inlay is Made 74 Routing for Inlays 76 Improving the Fretsaw 77 Motor Makes Fretsawing Fly 78 Inlaying Mother-of-Pearl 78 Sources of Supply for Mother-of-Pearl and Abalone 80 Inlaid Lap Desk 81 A Jigsaw for Cutting Delicate Stock 84 Laying Plastic Laminates 86 Tricks, Tips, Cores and New Products 88 Index