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hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



August 10, 1917 



Figured Red Gum 



for 



Interior Paneling 



Ilhistnition shoiv)* LouisrHh' FiffHictl Ittti Gum iHimliny in 

 sales office' of Lmtili-Fisli Lmiihcr Co., ChnrUston, Misa. 



We specialize in highly 

 figured veneers and panels 

 for particular work. 



Let us show you some 

 samples from our late cut- 

 ting of Quartered Figured 

 Red Gum Veneers. Choice 

 figure and color, and prices 

 right. Excellent selections 

 are assured. There is 

 "something different" about 

 the Figured Red Gum 

 Veneers of 



The Louisville Veneer Mills 



operating Slicers, Saws, Rotary Machines 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



Letter from a Panel User 



Monroe, Mich., August 2. 



It is interesting to operate rotary machines, for they present 

 quite a field of study. One of the most common defects is the 

 cutting of wavy veneer stock, digging in and running out alter- 

 nately. This trouble can easily be eliminated. \t is due to the 

 knife having been ground too far back, making the bevel long 

 and the cutting edge slender. Again, the cutting pitch and the 

 pressure bar's relation to the knife may also enter into the cor- 

 rection of this trouble. A rotary machine, in good order, should 

 turn out first-class work. 



We will next direct our attention to the veneer room. Many 

 manufacturers desire to increase their production without re- 

 gard for available floor space. Large hydraulic presses and glue 

 spreaders are put into operation before the stock is in proper 

 condition, and then, for lack of floor space, after it leaves the 

 presses one lot of chained stock is piled or thrown over another. 

 This is an important matter that is frequently overlooked. We 

 are preaching system in veneer room every day but this is im- 

 possible where sufficient space is not available. 



The room should be warm, particularly the floors. Put your 

 heating facilities as near the floor as the law will allow and the 

 rest of the room will take care of itself. It is not unusual to 

 visit rooms w^here th:? heating system is overhead or some dis- 

 tance from the floor. Is the object of this to heat the operators* 

 heads? Rooms of thl^ kind are simply "hot boxes" and it will 

 be experienced that men have no desire to work in such depart- 

 ments, and. really, they don't have to, for it is an easy matter for 

 a veneer man to get a position because there is a great scarcity 

 of good men in this line. 



The proper way to handle stock is to take it from the press 

 and carefully pile it on cross strips in a warehouse where the 

 temperature and the air circulating can be controlled and regu- 

 lated. I recently visited a large furniture factory and was sur- 

 prised to observe that the men taking stock from the presses 

 piled this on ordinary factory trucks, wheeled the panels to dry- 

 ing rocm, unloaded and piled them on the floor of the drying 

 room betw^cen cross sticks. After dry, these were of course again 

 loaded on the truck by hand and then unloaded for trimming. Im- 

 agine the expense and the enormous amount of unnecessary hand- 

 ling. 1 would suggest the use of low truck?, and have a rack 

 attached on each truck in which is contained the piling strips. 

 Aa soon as the stock is released from the presses, pile it on the 

 trucks, using cross strips as you wor.Id piling on the floor of the 

 drying room. Wheel the stock to the drying room and have this 

 remain on the trucks until dry, then to the proper trimming 

 machine. This would necessitate more trucks, but it w^ill pay the 

 cost. In fact, 1 have yet to visit the first veneer, panel or furniture 

 factory having too many trucks. Proper piling on the trucks is 

 very essential. Glued-up stock with face veneer should be care- 

 fully piled straight. 



Overhead light is an important factor in the success of the ve- 

 neer room, as well as overhead ventilation. These cannot be 

 had if the factory is more than one story, unless the room is at 

 the top, and this is not practicable owing to the extra amount of 

 work involved in the handling of stock. But where the building 

 used for this purpose is separated from the factory proper, light 

 may be had from both the top and sides, and plenty of fresh air, 

 both for breathing purposes and to carry away moisture. 



A. T. DEINZER. 



The Standard Veneer Products Company has been incorporated 

 at Portland, Maine, its capital stock being $40,000. 



The Jonesville Lumber & Veneer Company is a new incorpo- 

 ration at Jonesville, La. 



The Panama Basket & Crate Company, Puyallup, Wash., has 

 suffered a loss by fire. 



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