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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



January 25, 1917 



Some Log? Yes — and we 

 are bringing in this class of 

 Logs right along. A short 

 time ago we turned out 

 some clear Mahogany 

 boards 36 in. wide, and we 

 frequently cut Mexican Ma- 

 hogany Veneer 20 in. wide 

 on the quarter. 



Are you from Missouri? 

 Come to our yard and we 

 will "show" you. 



Deal with the Producer. 



Huddleston-Marsh 

 Mahogany Company 



New York Chicago 



some carelessness in jointing, and even though his face 

 veneer itself was very thin. 



Good proof of this fact is to be found in one of the 

 forms of core and veneer construction used in making 

 straight or flush faced doors. To lighten the weight and 

 reduce the quantity of raw material these thick doors 

 have a center made up of a series of alternate strips and 

 air spaces just like a series of ribs. If these were finished 

 over with thin crossbanding and face veneer the ribs 

 would shov/ through very plainly, but they are con- 

 structed with a crossbanding about 3 16 inch thick on 

 top of which is a face veneer 1,8 inch thick which makes 

 it a two-ply body on each side of the ribs that stands up 

 and finishes off as a true flat surface without any per- 

 ceptible waves and without the ribs showing through. 



If this proves anything it proves that by using enough 

 thickness in the crosbanding one not only insures a better 

 support for the face veneer but also has a safeguard 

 against depressions in the face veneer owing to open 

 joints between the pieces that make up the center or 

 core body. 



The main trouble with crossbanding is that the trade 

 has followed the idea of reducing the thickness of mate- 

 rial to save expense until they have practically destroyed 

 its qualities of usefulness. Crossbanding that is worth 

 while must take into consideration the structure of the 

 work as a general proposition for veneer users to get 

 more in the way of value and satisfaction out of cross- 

 banding all they need is to put more thickness into it. 

 When built up work is crossbanded with veneer of proper 

 thickness then the crossbanding carefully sanded off it 

 can be finished with very thin face veneer with satis- 

 factory results and it constitutes a much better job 

 structurally than is obtained through the use of the thin, 

 flimsy crossbanding that has become too common in the 

 trade today. A. B. 



All Three of U« Will Be Benefited if 



Concerning Proper Sanding of Doors 



Veneered doors should be allowed to dry thoroughly before they 

 are sanded, not merely allowed to stand until the glue has set 

 enough to take the stack out of the presses, but until the wood has 

 tlioroughly dried out. Of course, in the making of regular panel 

 doors, there is generally a drying out of the stock between the time 

 it is glued and the putting of the door together, but often not suffi- 

 cient time is allowed. When it comes to flush or sanitary, straight 

 faced doors, the natural temptation is to finish them before the 

 wood has entirely dried out from the gluing. This should be 

 guarded against, for sanding while green may loosen the veneer 

 face and cause subsequent blistering. It is well to sand lightly for 

 the same reason, especially if the face is thin, for the heat generated 

 by heavy sanding may soften the glue and cause trouble. Stock 

 one-eighth inch thick used in some native woods for door work 

 will stand heavier sanding than the thin faces, with less danger of 

 sanding through the face. For flush doors the three or six-drum 

 Sander will do a good finish job if properly' handled, but where 

 there are cross bars, a good way to dispense with hand sanding and 

 at the same time have the work free from sand marks across the 

 grain is to sand these cross bars with a belt sander. There are 

 special machines for this work, and they are worth while where 

 there is any great quantity of work to be done. 



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