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and let it stay that way for 36 hours in a 

 temperature of about 50 degrees F. At the 

 end of that time it was not materially 

 changed — just about V-i of an inch off the 

 straight. 



Method of Veneer Cutting 



The methods of cutting veneers, either 

 right or wrong, is as different as day is from 

 night. Some of the greatest difficulties were 

 recently discussed by a number of veneer men. 

 They argued that when veneer stock came 

 from the knife uneven on the surface, it 

 could be made flat in the drying, while oth- 

 ers claimed that it first had to be cut even in 

 order to make it lie flat. 



The latter way is the only correct method. 

 The difiieulty if corrected at the knife, wUl 

 give the best results. The veneer is cut and 

 scored in the center during the process of cut- 

 ting. The tendency of veneer is to diverge 

 as it leaves the knife instead of moving in a 

 •traight line, the cause of this being due to an 

 uneven cut at the knife, or an improper ad- 

 justment in the tension bar. 



On placing a long log in the veneer, it will 

 have a tendency to buckle in the center, which 

 cannot be noted by the naked eye. A hair's 

 breadth will have the effect of cutting the 

 veneer uneven, or if made in two pieces, will 

 cause it to run crooked as it leaves the knife. 

 The tension of the log increases directly in 

 proportion to the length, consequently the 

 tendency to buckle will be greater. The 

 smaller the circumference of the log the more 

 effect this will have. Thus as the knife gets 

 down to the core, the more this tendency will 

 be noted. There is but one satisfactory 

 method of overcoming this tendency, and that 

 is to adjust the pressure bar. Different logs 

 vary so greatly that the pressure bar has to 

 be adjusted or regulated accordingly, as some 

 are more rigid than others. 



Various veneer cutters have many times 

 been confronted with this difiieulty. This sug- 

 gestion may perhaps enable some to overcome 

 the troul)le. 



Veneer Notes 

 J. H. Monteath Company, for years prom- 

 inent in the New York City foreign hard- 

 wood lumber and veneer trade, with yards 

 at Seventh and Lewis streets, Manhattan, 

 has just organized a branch at Auburn, 

 N. Y., under the same style, with a capital 

 stock of $100,000. The Auburn branch will 

 be known as the selling end of the Monteath 

 company's business, and is organized to 

 capitalize and recognize the long and valued 

 services of the gentlemen who have been 

 identified with the business for so many 

 years. F. E. Pitcher of Brooklyn, H. T. 

 Dayton of Auburn and J. H. Monteath of 

 Elizabeth, N. J., are the incorporators. No 

 changes will be made in the conduct of the 

 business and the New York premises will 

 be continued as formerly. 

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The Southern Veneer Manufacturing 

 Company of Louisville, Ky., has recently 

 filed amended articles of incorporation in- 



creasing its capital .stock from $2.5,000 to 

 $50,000. The company's plant was burned 

 last fall, but has been rebuilt with enlarged 

 capacity. 



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The Baton Kouge Veneer Company of 

 Baton Eouge, La., will rebuild its plant 

 which was recently destroyed by fire. The 

 company will install sawmill, veneer and 

 box shop machinery, and will have a daily 

 capacity of one car of box shooks. 



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The Standard Veneer & Door Company 

 is a new concern at Richmond, Ind. The 

 company contemplates the erection of a fac- 

 tory for the manufacture of veneered doors, 

 etc. 



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C. A. and A. E. Hall of Dothan, Ala., 

 have recently purchased- about 200 acres of 

 land on which they are planning to erect a 

 large veneer manufacturing plant. About 

 $10,000 was paid for the property. 

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The Eli D. Miller Company of Evansville, 

 Ind., will enlarge its plant and engage in 

 the manufacture of buffets, sideboards, etc., 

 in addition to its regular line of furniture. 



# * * 



A new piano case manufacturing jilaut 

 has been installed by the Laffarge Com- 

 pany, 134th street and Southern boulevard, 

 New York, N. Y. The equipment is said to 

 be of the latest type and operated by elec- 

 tric drive. In the future the company will 

 make its own cases. 



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The Knoxville Veneer Company, which 

 was recently organized at Knoxville, Tenu., 

 is at present operating one of the most up- 

 to-date plants in the country, cutting all 

 kinds of woods. The shafting is all on 

 the first floor, the balance of the floor be- 

 ing used for shipping and storage rooms. 



The second floor contains the machinery 

 and dry room. As was announced in a re- 

 cent issue of the Record, P. B. Raymond is 

 president of this concern. Mr. Raymond 

 has had about thirty vears ' experience in the 

 veneer trade. 



T. C. Beach & Co. of St. Johns, Mich., 

 recently was incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $10,000. The company will erect a 

 factory for the manufacture of sectional 

 furniture specialties. 



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A new concern for Saginaw, Mich., is the 

 Saginaw Basket & Veneer Company, capi- 

 talized at .$40,000. 



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The erection of a match factory is being 

 planned at Springfield, Ore., by Paul Bet- 

 telheim. He states that final arrangements 

 have not yet been made and also that he is 

 interested in machines for cutting veneer 

 for match splints and would like to get in 

 touch with any manufacturer of this ma- 

 chinery. 



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T«'0 warehouses of the J. F. Conant ('om- 

 pany of Two Rivers, successor to the Two 

 Eivers Woodeuware Company, were destroyed 

 Iiy fire on April 3, resulting in a loss of 

 $25,000, partly covered by insurance. The 

 buildings were filled with veneer, pails and 

 other finished goods. The company had re- 

 cently conducted a realty sale to increase its 

 Tunds and enlarge its plant, and plans had 

 been completed for the erection of new build- 

 ings. 



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The large hardwood lumber and veneer 

 business of W. L. Marshall, 439 East Tenth 

 street, has been incorporated under the same 

 style. The incorporators are W. L. Marshall, 

 W. P. Maloney of New York City and L. 

 Kranz of Brooklyn. No other change is con- 

 templated in the business. 



SomeVhases of Handle Manufacture 



BY H. B 



ELECTRIC MOTORS FOR HANDLE 

 PACTORIES 



While the exponents of electric drive pre- 

 scribe the installation of electric motors as a 

 cure for all the troubles of the woodworker, 

 ike application of motors in the handle plant 

 Mould be of doubtful benefit in my mind. At 

 jiresent our factory is equipped with this pow- 

 er, but there is a grave doubt as to the pos- 

 sibility of economizing in this way. 



Analyzing the situation, it seems that our 

 installation is wrong to begin with. We are 

 using one thirty-horse motor to drive our line 

 shaft for nearly all our machines and one 

 motor on group plan and one on an individual 

 drive. I am confident that we waste at least 

 six horse-power on tliis line shaft, as it carries 

 ;i number of large pulleys and has ten bear- 

 ings, in addition to being heavy itself. You 

 must drive a shaft at 375 r.p.m. in order to 

 get the proper speed at the machines and our 



ALEXANDER 



I'iggest troulile is to keep the drive belt from 

 slipping. Fui'ther, the pulley on the motor is 

 only ten inches in diameter, which, in the 

 opinion of the writer, is too small a pulley 

 tf/ transmit that much power. We find it is 

 necessary to run a very tight belt to get re- 

 sults, and it seems to us that the trouble lies 

 in the speed of the motors. In order to get 

 the rated horse-power, it is necessary to run 

 at a high rate of speed, and for this reason 

 the pulleys with which they are equipped can- 

 not safely be much larger. With the two five- 

 horse-power motors we find it necessary to in- 

 crease the size of the motor pulleys from four 

 to eight inches to get any results at all, as 

 with the small pulleys the belts could get no 

 purchase whatever. The load on either one of 

 these motors would not require more than 

 three horse-power, while with the si^e pulleys 

 which we are now using we can get power 

 enough. This may result, however, in the 



