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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



September 10, 1917 



We Have No Monopoly 



On 



Quartered Figured 

 Red Gum Veneers; 



Neither has Gillette on Safety Razors. 



But— 



With our years of ex- 

 perience and immense 

 stocks, it stands to reason 

 that we are in position 

 to give better selection 

 and better values than 

 the mill cutting an oc- 

 casional car of logs. 



e "some- 



Let us show you th 

 thing different" about Louis- 

 ville Figured Red Gum 



The 



Louisville Veneer Mills 



Operating Saw, Slicers, Rotary Machines 

 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 



hand. It may prove to the interest of some manufacturers to do 

 a little investigating and make comparative tests between the cost 

 of hand and machine taping. In cases of very small quantities (as 

 in small woodworking plants or cabinet shops) it may not pay to 

 buy such a machine. Whether taping is done by hand or machine, 

 be sure to use a good grade of tape. Gummed tape is used by 

 many manufacturers, though some trouble has been experienced 

 and it has been found that dry canvas or cloth tape w^ith open 

 mesh glued to the joints is more satisfactory. When using this, the 

 tape is glued directly on the under side, hence, to the core stock. 



It is possible for small manufacturers to buy their face veneers 

 jointed and taped. When so doing, attention should be directed 

 to proper matching, and the stock should be inspected to see that 

 suitable veneers were used, not small, cull or waste pieces glued 

 up. Fortunately, very little trouble along this line will be expe- 

 rienced, as veneer men cannot afford to turn out shoddy goods 

 and must satisfy their customers to get repeat orders. I would 

 suggest to the small manufacturer that he keep account of 

 all waste of time required to tape his veneer. This must be added 

 to the cost of the job. Next determine the square feet, or cost per 

 square foot, compare this cost to the charge made by veneer men 

 and it will likely result in a saving by buying the veneer taped. 



The manufacturers really making money in the panel business 

 are the men who \vatch quality as closely as they do production. 

 One will not find men asleep in the successful plants but they are 

 not crazy about hurry up shop practices, overheating their glues, 

 laying the veneers this, that or some other angle and removing 

 the stock from the presses before the glue has set. Slovenly 

 hurry-up methods are responsible for most panels going wrong. 

 For instance, you cannot hurry the time of drying. Better start 

 economizing at some other end. 



Do not use core stock having knots or defects generally. If 

 you do. you are going to experience trouble, and the furniture, 

 piano, or other manufacturer you are selling to will certainly re- 

 turn the stock to you. 



Again, we find bargain glue hunters. If there is any manu- 

 facturer w^ho can afford to be independent these days it is the 

 manufacturer of glue. Some of you may think that you are buy- 

 ing glue below the market price, but are you getting the same 

 grade? How many of you really know how to determine glue 

 quality and how to grade glues? There is as much difference 

 between certain grades and makes of glue as there is between 

 rain and sunshine. 



A serious problem in many panel factories is that of loose 

 veneer. Sometimes it is loose crossbanding and sometimes it is 

 the face veneer and sometimes it is both. Sometimes the trouble 

 manifests itself in the form of blisters scattered here and there 

 over the surface, and sometimes the whole sheet of veneer ap- 

 pears to be coming loose. The chief causes w^hich lead up to this 

 species of trouble are: overheated cauls, old w^orn out cauls, poor 

 or thin glue, overheavy glue, wet veneer or core stock. 



Is veneering going to remain an art, or will people insist upon 

 solid goods? The scarcity of fine woods proves that we must 

 continue veneering furniture, pianos, interior w^ork, etc. How^- 

 ever, if w^e are to succeed we must be able to produce as good an 

 article veneered as it would be solid. The public is demanding 

 veneered w^ork these days. A few years ago they w^ould not 

 accept it and in many cases the dealer would represent veneered 

 furniture as solid, fearing if he told the truth he would loose the 

 sale. 



It would be utterly absurd to suppose that the time will come 

 w^hen veneer w^ill no longer be used. As time goes on this w^ill 

 become more and more necessary. A. T, DEINZER. 



At Augusta, Me., the Standard Veneer Company has been in- 

 corporated and has an authorized capital of $40,000, while at 

 Houlton, in the same state, the Northern Woodenware Company 

 has incorporated, its capital being $100,000. 



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