On 2012 Mar 28, at 12:24 AM, David Griffith wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, William Donzelli wrote:
It looks
pretty clear to me that the panels are made of some sort of
laminate or else you wouldn't have metal coping.
Maybe, maybe not. Or both.
You would want something to cover the top cut in the wood, because
the
end grain takes stain very differently than the rest of the wood, and
looks really pretty bad.
In either case, I think veneer would be a perfectly acceptable
solution so long as the underlying wood is carefully chosen.
Perhaps someone associated with Bletchley could wander over, make an
examination, take a closeup photo or two and report back as to the
construction (hint, hint).