February 25, 1917 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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the glue sets before pressure has been applied. — Of course, some 

 will argue, we use heated cauls. When you overheat these 

 cauls you will burn the glue, causing considerable trouble. 



Cross-banding should seldom be thinner than face veneer. 

 Again, it must not be too thick. Good balance and common 

 sense are essential factors. 



Yours truly, 

 Alexander T. Deinzer, The Deinzer Furniture Company 



Good Results from Properly Loading Veneers 



A few issues ago HARDWOOD RECORD published in detail 

 an address by H. F. Arnemann of Chicago on the advantage to 

 everybody to be derived from the proper loading and packing 

 of veneers. Mr. Arnemann's ideas were so clearly expressed 

 and the methods which he urged seemed so practical that HARD- 

 WOOD RECORD had several hundred pamphlets made em- 

 bodying his suggestions and sent these out to leading veneer 

 shippers in different parts of the country. One shipper on re- 

 ceipt of the pamphlet wrote as follows: 



"We wish to thank you for the article sent us on 'Loading 

 and Packing Veneers.' We are glad to say that this system has 

 been in force with us for several years and we are able to bear 

 out Mr. Arnemann's arguments to the letter. For in the whole 

 time we have used the system we have not had a single com- 

 plaint on loading and tallying, and have filed only one claim 

 for damage in transit." 



This is a pretty strong argument in favor of sensible methods 

 of packing and loading such a fragile product as veneers. 



To Use or Not to Use Electric Drive 



There exist very logical reasons -nhy many of the wooilworking 

 plants should employ electric distribution in their mills, shops and 

 factories, since the electric current fills a triple function in that 

 light, heat and power are at once available from the same source — 

 light, brilliant, of agreeable quality and easily portable; power, 

 flexible and peculiarly adaptable for individual driving; heat for 

 glue pots, etc., concentrated and easily controlled. 



The inherently high speed of woodworking tools, the inflam- 

 mable nature of the manufactured product, and its waste material, 

 the generally intermittent character of the load, etc., provide addi- 

 tional reasons why both the manufacturers of woodworking appar- 

 atus and the central station should carefully study the possibilities 

 of electric drive, know its breadth of adaptation, and acquire a 

 fund of practical working data from recommendations by man- 

 agers, superintendents and foremen. 



Both the veneer and the panel man should figure that it costs 

 something to do packing of material for shipment as it should be 

 done. Due allowance should be made for this cost in figuring on 

 the cost of manufacture, and then see that it is properly done. 

 The idea some people have that it costs nothing to pack and 

 ship too frequently results in not giving enough attention to the 

 packing end of the business, and doing it hurriedly and carelessly. 

 This is one of the things that causes damage in transit, and dis- 

 satisfaction on the part of customers, and is one of the things 

 that should not be in a well regulated business. Figure out what 

 it costs to do right packing, and then look just as closely after 

 this end of the business as any other step in the process of 

 manufacture. 



The difficulties of transportation and prompt shipment that have 

 been encountered during the winter should constitute a strong 

 argument in favor of furniture factories and other lumber con- 

 sumers buying and keeping on hand more stock ahead of their 

 needs, which would generally be a good investment as well as a 

 safeguard against such emergencies as slow delivery. 



Getting veneer dry is one thing, and keeping it dry while it is 

 going through the finishing room is another — and it is the other 

 thing that sometimes causes trouble, and is well worth intensive 

 study because of its difficulty to eliminate. 



