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Hardwood Record — ^Veneer & Panel Section 



December 10, 1916 



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Figured Red Gum 



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The LOUISVILLE 

 VENEER MILLS 



Doesn't the mention of one remind you of the 

 other? We were the pioneers in the introduc- 

 tion and development of Figured Red Gum. 

 We were the first to actively promote its use 

 as a high-grade cabinet wood. 



Our great experience in the necessary careful 

 selection of logs and the manufacturing into 

 Veneers enables us to offer you the kind of 

 Figured Red Gum Veneers that will make your 

 product attractive and quick-selling. 



We are by far the largest cutters of Figured 

 Red Gum Veneers — it's our specialty — always 

 carry immense stocks, and are, therefore, in 

 best position to send you samples of variety of 

 wood from which you can make your own 

 selection. 



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WHEN YOU WANT 

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The Louisville Veneer Mills 



Makers of GOOD Veneers and Panels 

 for more than a quarter of a century 



LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 



veneer. The scraping machine operator made a similar 

 complaint, and the machine was often tearing holes in 

 the veneer instead of scraping it smooth. 



At last they were back in the veneer room again, and 

 the foreman said that it was necessary to use lots of oil 

 to keep the cauls from sticking. He was instructed to 

 use more wax and less oil and advised that if he did this 

 trouble would no longer be experienced. But he asked 

 why the oil caused the veneer to blister, as it had always 

 been contended that oil would not affect glue. He was 

 told that oil would not affect glue after the glue is once 

 hard and dry, but oil coming between the glue and the 

 wood, and being forced there by the hot caul, while the 

 glue was in the liquid state, prevented the glue from 

 holding on the wood. Hence the blisters. As to the 

 joint in the rack that did not go bad, by scraping through 

 the veneer at this joint it was found that there was no 

 tape beneath. This particular joint had evidently been 

 laid right side up by mistake. 



i Louisville Veneer Mills Making Improvements 



B H. E. Snyder, sales manager for the Louisville Veneer Mills, Louis- 



g ville, Ky., manufacturers of veneers, lumber and veneered tops and 



m panels, describes the new equipment that this company is putting in 



S at its Louisville plant. He says that the company is going strong 



a into the figured wood business in American walnut, mahogany and 



B in its old specialty, quartered figured gum. A new warehouse 100x200 



m feet, two stories high, is being erected and this provides for addi- 



H tional stories to be added if necessary. Three new Morton dry kUns 



J are being installed for lumber drying, which will give a capacity of 



H 20,000 feet a day for drying lumber cores. The lumber yard will be 



H completely equipped with tracks for facilitating the handling of 



g lumber trucks, and lumber will be unloaded direct from cars to these 



% trucks and not removed therefrom until it is ready to he machined. 



M A fine, new mechanical dryer is being installed for thin veneers, 



g This will relieve the pressure on tlie present dry house, wliich build- 



M ing will be converted into a machine room for built-up stock and 



H several new machines will be installed. These improvements, of 



B course, are directed toward efiiciency and increased output. 



H The Louisville Veneer Mills have stood for a good many years as 



g a standard in proper manufacture, and beyond that as being one of the 



B most complete veneer factories in the country. In addition to the facil- 



B ities for veneer manufacture, the plant is equipped with a band mill 



E for getting out fiitches and sawing lumber. The veneer equipment 



g consists of two veneer saws, two sliccrs, two rotary cutting machines 



B and a well-equipped department for built-up stock. 



3 It frequently transpires in any industry that the pioneers — those 



B who hew the trails and mark the way for late comers, become fagged 



8 by their pioneering and are not able to keep up with the energetic 



I actions of the late arrivals who operate on more smoothly defined 



B paths. However, in the case of the Louisville Veneer Mills the direct 



B opposite is true. The company is still a pioneer in many ways, but 



= its pioneering has led to short cuts through efficient and proper man- 



B ufacturing methods, keeping it in the van in veneers and panel 



B manufacturing circles. 



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it is said to be much easier to reject a new idea than 

 it is to comprehend it, and many a man who has offered 

 a new suggestion to his boss will mentally certify to this 

 point; but sometimes the boss may have a better compre- 

 hension of the idea than you think, and for that reason 

 rejects it. 



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