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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



July 25. 1918 



HUDDLESTON-MARSH 

 MAHOGANY COMPANY 



Importers and Manufacturers of 



MAHOGANY 



Lumber and Veneer 



2256 LUMBER STREET 



Chicago, Illinois 



347 MADISON AVENUE 



New York City, N.Y. 



tion in working small timber. One is improvement in 

 veneer machines, and the other is the general practice of 

 cutting veneer thinner than it used to be cut. In the cut- 

 ting of thin veneer there is a larger yield of surface meas- 

 ure from the smaller timber, and it is easier to dry and 

 to control the product. It also makes it practical to use 

 lighter machines and chucks than were necessary in days 

 when most of the veneer was cut thicker. 



While large timber will always be desirable for veneer 

 making, and good logs will always command a premium 

 over the small sizes, we should not overlook the equally 

 plain fact that there is much good veneer available from 

 timber not only of smaller diameter, but of more defective 

 growth, and it is time for the industry to revise both its 

 opinions and its practices in regard to timber sizes. 



The cost of equipping machines to handle the small 

 timber will not add greatly to the plant investment be- 

 cause the machines are much lighter and lower in price 

 than those used for the larger sizes and the longer 

 lengths. Moreover, when the man with larger machines 

 adds some smaller ones to his equipment he is put in shape 

 to reclaim lots of veneer from the cores of the bigger 

 machines as well as to clean up his stumpage better and 

 utilize the smaller sizes and shorter lengths of timber. 



All signs and indications of the times point toward 

 the light rotary machine as being one of the best invest- 

 ments of the day for the veneer plant operating large 

 machines and it may be expected soon to take its place 

 as regular equipment. 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if 



Waste Baskets of Veneer 



thick, 

 bent 

 rende 

 dry. 

 has t 

 mesh 

 and 1 

 It loc 



dsome waste baskets are made of sheei 

 desert palm of that name, in Califor 

 ced by the rotary process to veneer oi 

 and this sheet is cut to the proper si 

 to shape. It is first soaked in water t 



of yucca veneer, cut 

 I. The palm trunk 

 sixteenth of an inch 

 and pattern and is 

 soften the wood and 



\r it pliant. It is pressed in the form desired, and is left to 

 and afterwards it retains that shape. The sheet of veneer 

 he appearance of very coarse light gray cloth, with large 

 es. The baskets are strong, durable, and of fine appearance, 

 Tiost persons would not suspect that the material is wood, 

 .ks more like celluloid. 



Beating the Jack Rabbit with Veneer 



The jack rabbit of the far western country is an abomination. 

 He can come as near jumping over the moon as any four-legged 

 varmint can, and it is hard to turn him with a fence if he sets his 

 head to go over. His pastime is gnawing young fruit trees in 

 California orchards. One of the measures taken against him is 

 to wrap the tree trunk with woven fence wire; but that is expen- 

 sive. Some orchardists have hit upon a cheaper and better 

 expedient. 1 hey wrap the trunk with a sheet of veneer just large 

 enough to go round and extending higher than the rabbit can 

 reach by standing on his hind legs. That gets his goat, for he has 

 no appetite for gnawing wood, and the succulent young bark is 

 out of his reach, unless he can gnaw through the veneer sheet. 

 This is usually made of the stem of the yucca palm, which is very 

 tough and does not warp, twist or crack open in rain or sun. 



