I've done a fair amount of this, but always with TB3. I bought Heat Lock glue after reading about it and thought "why not?"
What I found out is the glue pulls pretty badly. I suspect TB3 does, too so I'm not faulting the glue necessarily. I veneered some bookmatch door panels and surprised to see the seams pulled apart on all the ones I hot ironed, but not on the two I hammer veneered. Not huge, but enough that it might not be tolerable.
Joe at Veneer Supplies comfirmed this and suggested a technique where you put a coat hanger wire under the seam to dome it up a little. That doesn't seem like a good solution to me!
I thought about ripping the panel in half with a Japanese saw and reglue, but I didn't.
So beware of this if you're going to try it.
Looking back, I should have stuck with the hammer veneering, but just wanted to try it.
What I found out is the glue pulls pretty badly. I suspect TB3 does, too so I'm not faulting the glue necessarily. I veneered some bookmatch door panels and surprised to see the seams pulled apart on all the ones I hot ironed, but not on the two I hammer veneered. Not huge, but enough that it might not be tolerable.
Joe at Veneer Supplies comfirmed this and suggested a technique where you put a coat hanger wire under the seam to dome it up a little. That doesn't seem like a good solution to me!
I thought about ripping the panel in half with a Japanese saw and reglue, but I didn't.
So beware of this if you're going to try it.
Looking back, I should have stuck with the hammer veneering, but just wanted to try it.