January 25, 1917 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



35 



Hints on Making Veneered Doors 



Build up the cores of dry lumber. Scrap and waste may be used, 

 if the joints are well broken. First, lay the edge strip of the same 

 kind of wood as the veneer. The block may be of narro\¥ strips, or 

 wide enough to resaw and make two stiles, allowing for sizing and 

 thicknessing. The blocks should he heated and put under pressure in a 

 veneer press. 



Whether using animal or vegetable glue, be sure to have the glue of 

 the proper consistency, evenly spread on each surface to be glued up. 

 After the glue has thoroughly set, face up the blocks on a jointer. If 

 two pieces are to be made from one block, resaw first. Be sure the 

 core stock is true, straight and out of wind, then jilane to thickness, 

 which will be a shade full of the finished thickness of the door, minus 



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EDGE STKII'S SHOULD KE USED ON BOTH EDGES OF THE CASES 



the two veneers. If the veneer is V^inch, the block should be full li/>- 

 inch. It is good practice to use a toothing^ plane on both sides of the 

 core and the poorest side of each veneer. 



Look over the veneers, select the side to be used for face, and examine 

 for any small holes or pores where glue might ooze througli. Paste a 

 piece of paper over any such places. Warm the veneer, .ipply the glue 

 to cores and veneer, and brad the veneer at each end so it will not get 

 displaced in the press. Do not drive the brads home, but lend them 

 over, so they may be easily removed. Look out for any drops of glue 

 on the outer surface of the veneer and lay a sheet of paper over any 

 that may be found. Pile up the veneered cores, cover the topmost stile. 



VENEERS AND PANELS 



Jbirch ; 



•LAIN OAK 

 BROWN AS- 

 iGREY ELM 



I ;Ma:ple- ' 



i BASSWOOI 



WISCONSIN VENEEER CO, 



MANUFACTURERS 



RHINELANDER, WIS. 



s-riL.E 



PANEL 



IT IS BEST TO USE A LOOSE PANEL WITH A PANEL TRIP 



and apply the pressure until a i^erfect contact between the cores and 

 veneer is obtained. 



If the doors are to be solid molded edge strips should be used on 

 both sides of the core, but they should be sized to near the finished 

 width first. The veneered cores are now ready for sizing and the doors 

 are then made the same as solid doors. When the ]ianel mold is to be 

 glued on it is best to use a loose panel with a pane! strip. To this 

 molding is glued and nailed, first one side, then the panel dropped into 

 place, then the other side is glued and nailed. This method prevents 

 the molding from being pulled away from the frame work. 



Astragals and friction beads are applied to the sliding doors by 

 gluing and brading, same as with any first class job. To keep the 

 veneers from adhering to the bed of the press cover the bed with a 

 sheet of zinc. Zine-covered cauls are also desirable for the same reason. 



It is better for the man at the veneer machine to see how much 

 good stock he can get per thousand feet out of blocks than to 

 try to break the record for quantity of cutting. 



If you want your own measurement and inspection to be ac- 

 cepted, you must make it so good that it will be generally 

 acceptable. 



The man that would make "good" common veneer should not 

 make it too "common." 



