Is there anyway to apply veneer to solid wood such that wood movement wouldn't rip the veneer apart? I'd like to make some drawer fronts 15 x 6" that would be dovetailed out of maple, and then apply birdseye maple veneer to the front itself (I assume solid birdseye is very expensive and hard to work, although I haven't explored that option).
My other option is to edge band some other substrate such as maple ply but I'd rather use solid wood if possible as I wouldn't really want to cut dovetails through the edge banding.
Any thoughts much appreciated.
Damian