[Arran]

Basically there are two ways to repair this, either by making irregularly shaped patches, mimicking the grain, or by cutting out a strip of veneer in each of the chipped areas, and replacing it with a strip of new veneer. I'm going to use the latter method to repair the front panel on a Stewart Warner cabinet, there are large sections chipped out along the bottom edge, the veneer was laid horizontally. You may have to use shading lacquer to disguise the repairs, but I think Philco did this from new so you would not be changing the original look. The good think about this cabinet is not only that they used plane cut veneer, but they used one sheet of it without any book matching, they just slapped it on, and cut out the holes and slots for the dial, controls, etc.
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Arran