Motorola 12K2 restoration

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If you ever need to reproduce more of that zig zag veneer (or any complex cutout veneer), here is a good trick:

Cut a veneer strip a little longer than the size you need, without all the zig zags and cutouts. Clamp this strip between two nice stiff hunks of similar wood, then run the whole thing slowly through a table saw with a sharp dado blade, cutting out the pattern with as many passes as you need. Unclamp, and find a perfectly shaped piece of veneer within. You can even do multiple strips at once. You can also do this trick with a router table.

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Will