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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



February 10, 1917 



Buy Wisconsin Timber 



American Black Walnut 



^We are seeking an opportunity to figure on 

 your needs in this wood based on our ability to 

 serve you acceptably. 



<IWe handle only Ohio Valley Walnut — con- 

 ceded to be superior for Veneers, on account 

 of its dark uniform color and good figure. 



<IWe manufacture Sliced Veneers showing pro- 

 nounced straight stripe or half round, with 

 grain or curly figure like illustration. Also 

 Figured Butts and Crotch Veneers. 



<IOur Veneers are firmly cut and properly 

 dried. Our prices are quite reasonable. 



FULL SIZED SAMPLES GLADLY 

 SUBMITTED FOR YOUR INSPECTION 



Also Walnut Glned-np Tops and Panels 



The Louisville Veneer Mills 



Manufacturers 

 A merit an Walnut, Figured Gum, Mahogany, 



Louisville, Kentucky 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if 



A (lecil was recorded at Craiidon, Wis., on January 30 showiiif; the 

 transfer of 1,610 acres of land in Forest and Langlade connties, Wis- 

 lonsin from t)ie Chicago & North Western Railway Company to the 

 Underwood Veneer Conipauy, Wausau, Wis. The deed states the 

 consideration to be .$60,394. 



Care of Veneer Saws 



Such saws, being very tliiu, require extra good care. The average 

 man cannot keep them in proper shape. Tlie observance of the fol 

 lowing may help in handling such saws successfully. 



First, keej) the saw round. This can be accomplished by fastening 

 an old file on a board, presenting it squarely to the saw and touehing 

 lightly ; then move the file or jointer. If it strikes the file too much in 

 one place, the points of the teeth will be hard, at least those most 

 lirominent. A piece of hard brick or emery wheel will not do, as such 

 materials tend to make the teeth rounding instead of scjuare. 



Second, file square in front and bevel the back slightly. Some bevel 

 front and back, but usually this is not best. Stroke the file squarely 

 across the saw, making almost a clean cut on the tooth that sets from 

 you, while those set toward you must ' ' squeak ' ' a little. This will 

 be noticed particularly in filing the back. Some hold the file at an 

 angle so as not to ' ' squeak ' ' and get the desired bevel. It is under- 

 stood that this bevel is but slight. 



Third, be careful to file only to an edge. Use a smooth six or 

 eight inch file. Some filers get a saw out of round by excessive filing. 



Fourth, the amount of set shoidd be determined by the kind of tim- 

 ber. If green, then more set; if dry, less set and a sharper corner; 

 that is, a clear out corner. For hardwoods, saw should be slightly 

 sjiring-set. Some run only a double swage, which is best, but more 

 difficult to keep up, uiUess an automatic sharpener is used. 



Buy saws from the best makers. A perfect veneer saw is difficult 

 to make, but when right will usually wear out without needing ham- 

 mering; that is, will wear to where it needs grinding thinner. Seg- 

 ment saws are priiiciprdly used for thin, wide veneers, such as 

 mahogany and walnut. They can be run more successfully than a 

 solid saw and can be made much thinner; they require no hammering, 

 if not abused. When such a saw gets sprung or out of true send it to 

 the maker. In gumming such saws, use a soft, free-cutting wheel. 

 Do not heat the saw. 



The projier hook is about half way. Run a short tooth with a 

 rounding throat and good clearance on the back. Thick veneers re- 

 (|uu-e a little more set on the collar side of saw. F.xpert filers swage 

 their saws a little occasionally. This is a good plan where the corners 

 wear badly, and is the only remedy, unless frequently jointed. Sharp, 

 clear-cutting, regidarly-set teeth are very essential. 



The Protest Against Stains 



While it might be logically argued tliat the business of the veneer 

 and panel manufacturer is to supply the consuming trade with what- 

 ever it may desire in the way of veneer products and not concern itself 

 with the manner of coloring or finishing off the product, still there is 

 inherent in the mind of every admirer of figured wood a natural and 

 instinctive protest against stains which materially alter the natural 

 licauty of wood. The protest is not so much against the stain color 

 schemes themselves but rather against the spoiling of nature's beauty 

 in finished woodwork. Those who like the beauty of color as set forth 

 in various shades of staining have a right to exercise their preference, 

 but why not use for staining purposes woods without any distinctive 

 figure or beauty of their own? The jirotest of the admirer'of the 

 natural beautj' of wood is against taking such woods as walnut, oak 

 and mahogany and staining them in some freak manner just because 

 it happens to Ije a fad or a novel idea that appeals for the time 

 being. A little stain now and then may improve the tone of certain 

 face woods, but when the wood finishers begin to use it they are pretty 

 much like the feminine half of the world when they begin to tint the 

 cheeks — they keep on until they too often make a hideous freak out 

 of what nature intended to be beautiful. Let us be sparing with the 

 stains and develop :is nincli as ]iossible of the natural l>e:iMty of wood. 



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