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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



Septembe 



The Dean-Spicker Co. 



Manufacturers of 



Oak —Mahogany —Walnut 



AND 



LUMBER 



22nd St. and So. Crawford Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



PERKINS 



GLUE 

 COMPANY 



SOLE MANUFACTUREKS 

 AND SELLING AGENTS 



PERKINS 

 Vegetable Veneer Glue 



(PATENTED JULY 2. 1912) 



805 J. M. S. BUILDING 

 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 



they are up against it in making glue. If to much heat 

 is used it spoils the glue and if to much cold is used it 

 spoils it to. The liquor is run into molds in the cool 

 room and gets almost solid like a good stiff jelly. After 

 it gets hard they take it to a cutting room and take it out 

 of the molds and cut it into blocks. The blocks are 

 passed through a cutting machine which makes very 

 thin slices. The slices are spread out to dry in what they 

 call a drying alley. 



They say the drying is the most important part of 

 glue making. The jelly contains lots of water and this 

 must be dried out quick or the jelly will get rotten. So 

 they spread the slices of jelly on sheets of wire netting 

 that are so fixed one above the other to save space. Way 

 down the alley is a large blower near some steam pipes. 

 They keep the air blowing through the room at a tem- 

 perature of 60 to 80 degrees, depending on the weather. 

 They say that this temperature is a very dangerous one 

 for glue and they have to watch it night and day to keep 

 it from getting dark and turning sour. You see if the air 

 contains to much moisture and the temperature gets too 

 high the glue will get soft and run through the netting. 

 Then if the air is moist and the temperature to low the 

 jelly wont dry fast enough. If it is left in the alley too 

 long it gets brittel as it shouldnt do until it gets to the 

 last dry room. 



The last dry room has no blower, only regular circu- 

 lating air, but it is hotter here than in the alley. After 

 the sheets are sure dry in this room they are ready to 

 pack. Some time glue is packed in sheets just as it comes 

 from the drier. Some times it is made in flakes by put- 

 ting it into a machine, and some times the flakes are run 

 through another machine to make ground or granulated 

 glue. Then such fellers as you and me get it and cuss 

 it or praise it according to how it works. 



Well Jim this is a long letter and you may not like it, 

 but 1 sure wouldnt have missed that trip for a good lot 

 even if I do see animal skulls and other wild things in 

 my sleep some time. 



Your friend, 



HEN FLASCH. 



Veneer Situation in England 



The London Timber News says that the shortage in veneer is 

 beginning to be felt in England. The paper adds that little has 

 come forward recently, and as to what will be shipped in the near 

 future nobody can say. Importers would like to see a little more 

 of the wood, as it is wanted very badly for many kinds of work. 

 They will, however, have to wait until the government affords the 



shippers the necessary facil 

 great thing, of course, is th 

 present moment are being 

 considered of paramount i 

 steamers can be spared fo 



;s of getting the 

 question of tonr 

 llzed for other j 

 ortance, and u 

 commercial our 



od over. The 

 Boats at the 

 >ses which are 

 some of these 

 ! the plywood 

 however, very 

 loace and that 



trade will have to go without fresh imports. It 



gratifying to know that shipbuilding is going on apa 



as these new steamers are launched they are for the most pai 



being requisitioned for trade. The wooden built craft will b 



most useful for timber carrying, and consequently a fair numbe 



may be utilized for this purpose 



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acture of plywood is 



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