[BrendaAnnD]

Here is the radio when I bought it:
   

By the time the post office got it to me, it was much worse. The grill slats had all separated and had to be glued back together, and the rest of the veneer looked like it had been worked over by Wolverine before his first cup of coffee.

Here it is after a lot of regluing, stripping the rest of the flayed veneer and removing the trim pieces. I also lightly sanded it to smooth out the rough surface from the old glue.
   

Now, I've started the process of putting on the new veneer. I've done a couple stupid things here..

For starters, I put on a new grill cloth, and then proceded to glue the cardboard frame back into the cabinet. It looks good, but OOPS! Now I can't get to the back of the grill slats to make the appropriate cuts in the new veneer. This will be interesting.

Next, though I did actually make sure that I had the straight side of the veneer set to the bottom edge of the front, it seems that while applying the first glue and clamping everything to apply the veneer to the side of the cabinet, it moved just a TINY bit, so now the veneer will not line up properly at the bottom. I noticed this within the first two minutes, but it was already too late, the glue had set enough that I could no longer move the veneer back into alignment. Not at all sure how I'll deal with this. Perhaps I can kill two stones with one bird, and run the veneer to the edge of the grill, then I can try to cut out the grill slots and get the veneer back in alignment for the rest of the application.

   

Now, I need a bit of advice: What is the best way to make the veneer form smoothly to the curved corners?

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.