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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



March 25, 1921 



LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



Veneers 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



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 inconsiderable room, and it is seldom that a caul over one-half inch 

 thick is needed. Still in making any caul it is ^vise to use the 

 outside plies a little thick to allow for keeping them in good order 

 as time goes on and it becomes necessary to run the caul through a 

 planer, or scraper, to take out the dents that come with usage. 



A good three ply caul rriay be made by using iV-inch center 

 and J/g-inch outside pieces, and a good five-ply one, by using 

 J/g-inch center, i\j-inch crossbanding and ^-inch wide outside 

 pieces. This will make a three-ply caul of %-inch thickness, and 

 a five-ply caul of about ^-inch thickness. 



The stock should be especially selected so as to be of uni- 

 form thickness, and it should be dried very flat and with much 

 care. After it has been dried quite dry it should be allowed to 

 remain in a pile with weights on top, as long as possible. 



In building up cauls especial care should be taken to have them 

 laid up flat and square in the bales, and they should remain in 

 the bales 48 hours, without being disturbed, and in a warm room. 

 After taking out of the bales, they should be racked, and kept 

 under heavy weights so that they w^ill keep straight w^hile seasoning. 

 It is best they dry out slow^Iy for one or tw^o weeks in the same 

 temperature that they will be in w^hen used. After being thor- 

 oughly seasoned they may be trimmed, and then run through the 

 scraper, or sander, adjusted to a light cut, to make them true 

 and take off very little stock. There should not be any low- 

 places in the cauls, or blisters w^ill be made in the panels. 



To prevent glue from sticking to the cauls they should be 

 treated w^ith hot paraffin, on both sides. This should be applied 

 as quickly as possible to prevent warping. From time to time, as 

 found necessary, the cauls should be again treated with paraffin. 



In using cauls care must be taken to keep them free from glue, 

 because a lump of glue on a panel will make a depression in the 

 face of a panel. Care also must be executed in handling cauls 

 not to bang them on the surface and cause dents or depressions 



that will make a defect in the face of the panel. Cauls are expen- 

 sive and should be treated as valuable property. When not in 

 use they should be stored in their proper places. In making cauls, 

 no outside veneers should be used having checks or other defects 

 w^hich w^ill mar the faces on the panels they are placed against. 

 Properly made, and properly handled, wood cauls will outlast 

 any other kind, except possibly metal, and are much easier to 

 handle than metal. 



Expect Business to Be Stimulated 



Furniture manufacturers at EvansviUe, Ind., believe that the 

 furniture and stove market that w^ill be held in that city April 4 

 to 9 will be the means of greatly stimulating business. Plans 

 are going forward for the market and it is believed that more 

 than 2,000 retail furniture and stove dealers will be attracted 

 to EvansviUe by the market. TTiere w^ill be exhibitors not only 

 from EvansviUe, but from Jasper, Ind., Tell City, Ind., Cleveland, 

 Indianapolis, Chicago, Nashville and other cities. George O. Wor- 

 land, manager of the EvansviUe Veneer Company, is a great 

 booster for the market and believes that it will result in much good. 

 "Our business depends a great deal upon the furniture trade," said 

 Mr. Worland the other day. "As soon as the furniture industry re- 

 vives and the various plants start to operate on time again, the 

 veneer business will boom. When it will come, of course, nobody 

 knows, but we are taking a bright view of the situation and feel like 

 trade is going to improve by and by." The plant of the EvansviUe 

 Veneer Company is now^ being operated on time after being closed 

 down for a number of w^eeks. The plant of the company at Mobile, 

 Ala., has been closed for several weeks and it is not known when 

 it will resume operations. Some of the furniture factories in Evans- 

 viUe are being operated from thirty-six to forty hours a w^eek as 

 compared to fifty-four hours a week in normal times. 



