Talking of fixing up stuff I’ve been helping a mate out with a cupboard that the previous home owners dog had damaged, this was the cupboard side
Cut out with a multitool
Fettled with a chisel & a new piece glued & screwed in
The same was true of the other side as was the bottom of the doors which had been cut off just below the handle.
The problem with these was the original doors were sepele veneered chipboard but donkeys years of sunlight had faded them down to a teak colour. He was happy to go with any veneer as long as the colour ended up something like the others (there are 8 doors in total)
As I had plenty of Oak I opted for that & started by shooting the edges of the veneer with two straight pieces of MDF
Which was then taped together.
The original doors were 16mm thick so with 2x 0.6mm of veneer I needed some board 14.8mm thick, fortunately a good friend let me use his wide belt sander & some moisture resistant MDF was soon down to the required size.
After that it was just a case of gluing the veneer to the board with Aerolite & into the vacuum bag.
The panels out of the bag & trimmed to size
I cut the original doors in line with the trim so from the front the join was hidden & dominoed the two parts together, the panels got a coat of Morrells teak stain & hardwax oil.
My mate was happy with the outcome, obviously the grain isn’t a match but it saved him changing 8 doors so he was well happy.