Yo T-Chisel, love the latest episodes. Sucks about the foot trasition piece, but hey at least it's fixable. I was browsing through a book the other day on furniture styles and saw some incredible pieces built in the mid 1800's with the doors and drawers covered with an exotic veneer and marquetry. I beleive nowadays we use good quality plywoods and MDF for a substrate underneath veneer. What did they use in the old days prior to the invention of these products?

Veneer substrates