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Hardwood Record — ^Veneer & Panel Section 



December 10, 1916 



Walnut Buyers Know the 

 Meaning of PENROD 



Those who have had experience in 

 buying American Walnut stock 

 know w^hat an advantage it is to deal 

 w^ith Penrod. This means, first, com- 

 plete stocks, wide variety, excep- 

 tional character of material; second, 

 long experience, expert knowledge, 

 ability to insure satisfaction. 



We Have What You Want 



PLAIN AND FANCY STOCK 



Veneers and Lumber 



iThe illustration shows some of our 

 tBurl Walnut Veneer Stock, matched 

 [up to form a panel of exceptional at- 

 tractiveness. If you want your prod- 

 [ucts to have character and distinctive- 

 ness, and to be worth expending all 

 the care and labor which must go on 

 them, regardless of the quality of the 

 foundation material, you will make 

 no mistake in using Penrod Walnut. 



Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co. 



"Walnut Spii iiilist.'i for Tliirtif Years" 



Walnut Lumber Walnut Veneers 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if 



months old, and then, after carrying it a few months 

 longer, put it in the dry-kiln before use. 



This cuts down the period during which capital is in- 

 vested, and likewise shortens the time covered by the 

 movement of the material from the yard to the ware- 

 house where finished goods are stored. Incidentally, 

 many furniture factories and other users of glued-up 

 stock go so far now as to unload their lumber direct 

 from the car to the kiln, their plan being to purchase 

 lumber dry enough to put into the kiln, and to run with 

 practically no investment in excess lumber stock. And 

 they seem to be able to work the plan to advantage, 

 though in these days of scarce lumber and scarcer roll- 

 ing stock, an anchor to windward in the form of a few 

 piles of lumber would look good to most factory men. 



it is worth while to emphasize the lumber question in 

 connection with veneered work, because conditioning the 

 corestock properly is just as important as any other fea- 

 ture of the process. In fact, using corestock which is not 

 thoroughly dry is one of the surest ways to develop 

 trouble, no matter how carefully the other work may be 

 performed. And, on the other hand, corestock taken 

 from the kiln should not be used at once, but should 

 be allowed to temper for a while, or absorb enough mois- 

 ture from the atmosphere to establish a balance and 

 give assurance that none will be taken up later on. 



But getting back to the general proposition of speed- 

 ing up the manufacture of glued-up work, it is evident, 

 then, that one way is to insist on getting, dry lumber for 

 corestock purposes. Then it will require a minimum 

 length of time in the kiln, and can be used in compara- 

 tively short order. Right here, instead of relying on 

 guesswork to decide how long the stock should be left 

 in the kiln, it is much better to make tests for moisture, 

 and when the lumber is dried to the right percentage of 

 moisture content, it can be taken out of the kiln with 

 safety. This alone will save days, in many cases. 



Then the matter of providing a glue with just enough 

 and not too much water in the mixture is important. 

 The correct adjustment is to be determined only by 

 testing each batch of glue for tensile strength and other 

 properties. Instruments are readily available for this 

 purpose, and the user who is guessing at the right way 

 to prepare his glue ought to substitute facts for guess- 

 work before going any further, especially if he is inter- 

 ested in the time element. When the right glue is used, 

 with exactly the right proportion of water, it is certain 

 that the time required to evaporate this moisture in the 

 presses is going to be held to a minimum. 



One of the reasons why veneer users are installing 

 mechanical drying systems at present in larger number 

 than formerly is because they have learned that they will 

 help to save time in producing the work. By means of 

 equipment of this character the stock is not only dried 

 better than when less scientific methods are used, but it 

 is also dried much more rapidly. Tlie matter of time is 

 now such an element of importance that the manufac- 

 turer who has had a chance to speed up his operations 

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