Extremely grateful, Jeff!

No more pillows.

Cool idea linking the two forums for this project. Thanks, I read all of the comments on woodweb.

Nice Jeff! You and Gary are 2 of the nicest guys I know here!

Thanks for the kind words, Glenn. I hope that the "nice guys finish last" way of thinking doesn't apply to us, though (lol).

I had good luck using toothpicks to hold the ply up. Get glue in there use air compressor to force the glue all of the way in. Clamp and done.

Looks like a good bunch on woodworking forum.

Creighton

This is pretty much what I was thinking and might do just that, I just thought it would be interesting to ask some veneer experts.And they have provide me with excellent advice and steered me toward some products I would not have known about. Gary and myself are all about saving the original wood, not cutting away bad veneer and replacing it with new although I do believe that would be the best plan as far as structural integrity is concerned. The shell seems to be be pretty solid the way it is now, so doing what you say might be just enough to keep the existing veneer from further separation. My concern is what is under that warped veneer, you know for any glue to work properly both surfaces should be clean and free of dirt/debris. I might try to slide some sand paper under the damaged ply and see if I can get some of that out, then blast it with the air hose. We will see, Im not actually going to work on it for a couple weeks, Im in the middle of building some cabinets for a friend as a donation, his friend has Lou Gehrigs so Im building some bath cabinets for him. So between that and regular business Im pretty busy in the shop. But once that is finished I will get this done for Gary. Then after this Gary is done I have another Gary who I am refinishing a baby crib for, then a dog bed for my daughter. Looking forward to all of these projects.

Jeff your a good man helping others out. I wonder if your original thought of some steam would work? Soften the veneer to make it pliable? And maybe re activate the old hide glue to help adhesion? I'll be seeing Dan tomorrow aft and pick his brain a bit. He uses quite a bit of steam. I like your idea of repairing the original ply. I think it'll look great when finished. hopefully more will chime in with some comments.

I have done a bit of work with steam, you are right that it would soften the plys up, I would be afraid the area you are steaming would wick the steam up, you may end up delaminating more than 1 ply, your drum may also lose its structure and fall out of round.