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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



March 10, 1917 



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MEDFORD VENEER CO. 



MEDFORD, WISCONSIN 



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One of the best and quickest ways to put veneer on a column 

 is to have two rollers about ten feet long and six inches in 

 diameter (see sketch), about three feet from the floor and three 

 feet apart. Then use three-ply canvas belting, say thirty feet 



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Making of Veneered Columns 



Making columns of solid wood is practically an extinct opera- 

 tion. Experience taught that the built-up column would last 

 longer. It seemed to make little difference how often the solid 

 column was painted and filled — in a very short time it cracked and 

 became unsightly. As a consequence the stave, or built-up, 

 column has come into almost universal use. It is easy to make 

 and, if well put together, is almost everlasting. 



Very few small mills use the same style of joint, though those 

 which use the regular column stave machine have to use the same 

 joint, and for a stock column it makes a good joint. Figure 1 is 

 for inside columns, and should be of ^-inch material, as that 

 thickness will stand the heat much better than thicker material, 

 the glue man can make a better job, and the mill saves material. 

 If a neck mold is required, there is a half.inch to turn on. If a 

 heavier neck mold is wanted one can cut in the same as is done 

 on the veneer column in making column as shown in Figure 2, 

 which is used for outside w^ork. This column is made and put 

 together with white lead, there being no glue used. The staves 

 are dovetailed and slipped together from the end, the dovetail 

 made so as to draw the joints tight. After they are put together 

 chains should be put on them. Then they should be gone over 

 and tapped with a mallet, just as is done in the case of glued work. 

 This column should be made of I ^-inch stock, so as to allow the 

 dovetail to be as strong as possible. 



As such a column is made with the use of white lead instead 

 of glue, it will stand the weather and never rot in the joints. The 

 staves may be run on the shaper by using an adjustable column 

 form and reversing the stave each time it is run. Where quan- 

 tities are demanded they may be run on the moulder. 



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FIG. 2 



THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAVE COLUMNS 



long and three inches wide. Oil this so as to prevent any glue 

 from sticking to it. It is well to have about six of these belts. 

 Have them wound around each roller from end to center. Cut 

 and prepare the veneer, have the column thoroughly warm, place 

 the veneer on, and tack the edges about every six inches with 

 very small tacks. Slack the belt in the center, so as to give one 

 turn around the column, each of the rollers having a crank on 

 the end. Then two men keep turning in opposite directions, 

 releasing the belt from the rollers to the column until the ends 

 are reached. In this ^vay the veneer is dra^vn as tight as desired, 

 and the surplus glue forced to the ends, which prevents any air 

 spots remaining under the veneer. Place a hand screw at either 

 end to hold the belt. After once prepared to do this kind of work 

 it takes but a few minutes to veneer a column. To finish the job, 

 take it to the shaper and let the operator cut a groove where the 

 veneer comes together, about J^"'"*^'* deep, just wide enough to 

 trim the edges of the veneer. Then match the strip writh the 

 veneer, and a good job is done. 



In this wray it is possible to glue as many columns as one has 

 belts. Use only two blocks, one on each end of the column, with 

 a heavy spike in the center to drop in support, as there is very 

 little strain on the ends. When the belt is run on the column, 

 remove the blocks from the ends and place on the next column. 

 The rollers should be arranged so they may be removed when 

 not in use. 



DEVICE FOR VENEERING COLUMNS 



The more a veneer user can learn from the experience of 

 others, the less he will have to pay for his own experience. 



The man that drives a bargain doesn't have any great respect 

 for the man he drives it with, unless he finds out afterward that 

 his "bargain" was an illusion. 



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