Routing Wood Veneer Flush to Pantry

Hi All,

I am seeking some assistance with attaching/routing wood veneer to a pantry cabinet. Here is the situation:

• I am going to install a pantry cabinet, the left side is not flush
• Plan was to install wood veneer to make it flush so the granite will have a strait edge flush against the pantry rather than a squiggly cut
• The veneer seems slightly thicker than 1/8" thick, but the gap is 1/4" deep

My plan was to use contact cement on both pieces and then route the edge smooth with my new Milwaukee portable router and flush bit. Two issues with this:

1) The back of the cabinet (where I would rest the bearing of the bit) is not flush. I am thinking here to put double sided tape with an appropriate thickness wood to make it flush so I can have a good edge to rest the bearing - thoughts?

2) Even with the veneer the cabinet will not be flush. I am thinking to get just regular unfinished veneer, then put the finished veneer on top - thoughts?

I will take my caliper and measure the veneer but it looks just a hair thicker than 1/8" on my combination square. Last thing I want to do is create the opposite problem (veneer sticking proud of the cabinet).

Below are some pics to help frame the discussion. Thanks for your input!

Design with pantry in question on the right:


Here's the gap - goal is to even that so the granite sits flush:



This is the veneer panel. Seems slightly thicker than 1/8":