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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



December 10, 1916 



MEDFORD VENEER CO. 



MEDFORD, WISCONSIN 

 — Specialists in — 



High-Grade, Rotary-Cat 

 BIRCH VENEERS 



Northern Grown Woods 

 Modern Equipment 

 Experienced Workmen 



Also 



! Soft Textured and 

 = j High-Grade Veneers 



I Smoothly and Accurately 

 ICut — Scientificatly Dried 



afacturers of 



^SINGLE -PLY VENEERS in 



various sizes and thicknesses from 

 I; Ash, Basswood, Elm and Maple 



PERKINS 



GLUE 

 COMPANY 



SOLE MANUFACTURERS 

 AND SELLING AGENTS 



PERKINS 

 Vegetable Veneer Glue 



(f.VTKXTED JlIA 



lOli) 



805 J. M. S. BUILDING 

 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 



Sawing Glued Stock 



GLUE is a pretty hard thing for the keen points of 

 saw teeth, and the sawing of glued stock to exact 

 dimensions is much more difficult than sawing plain dry 

 wood. Trouble comes from two sources. One is the 

 glue taking the points off the teeth; the other is, the glue 

 adhering to the saw blade more or less and thus causing 

 friction or calling for more set. 



A comparatively simple remedy would be to use 

 coarse, heavy savsr teeth, but it is a remedy that cannot 

 well be applied, for in sawing panels and other glued 

 stock to dimensions it is frequently imperative to cut them 

 smoothly and very exactly, consequently coarse saws 

 used for rough stock-cutting will not do in this work. 

 Neither is it safe to use extremely thin saws with keen 

 "briar" teeth. One might use thin saws of very small 

 diameter, but this makes the work cost too much where 

 large quantities are made, because to save time panels 

 should be cut in bundles from two to three inches in 

 thickness. 



So it becomes necessary to have a saw large enough 

 to reach some thickness, then to have enough body and 

 thickness in the blade to stand up, and teeth strong and 

 sharp on the edges and corners. They must be very 

 carefully set, too, otherwise the saw marks on the edges 

 are objectionable; and, taken altogether, the keeping of 

 saws in proper order to trim panels and other glued stock 

 to size is quite a job. ' The secret of success, besides 

 selecting saws and machines, consists largely in making 

 frequent changes. 



It does not matter how long saws are expected to run 

 on ordinary cabinet work. All rules and data of this 

 kind have to be disregarded in cutting glued stock, and 

 saws changed just as soon as they become dull and go 

 shearing away, it matters not if it is six times a day. 

 Change them, keep them sharp, and use a little coaloil to 

 clean off the glue adhering to the blade. Be careful 

 about using coaloil, though, while the saw is at work, 

 because it is good neither for glue nor for face veneer 

 work, and reckless use of it may do damage. Take oil 

 and v/aste and clean the sa'ws off when they are taken 

 from the machine for change, and to facilitate frequent 

 changes have automatic machines for sharpening saw^s. 



There are machines made that will sharpen either 

 cross-cut or rip saws, and by sharpening more frequently 

 the cut of the machine is lighter and keeps the saw in 

 better shape. It is not nearly so hard to keep saws in 

 shape with an automatic machine, as it is when hand 

 filing must be depended upon. 



There is not much danger of the average veneer user 

 becoming overstocked with veneer. The danger is the 

 other way — that he will neglect buying and be unpre- 

 pared to do some of the work that comes his way. It is 

 a good idea to remember that veneer stock, if properly 

 stored, will keep indefinitely, and with some of it the 

 longer it is kept the better, within reasonable limits. 



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