156 Forestry Quarterly. 



the street; these joints are to be filled with a bituminous com- 

 position. 



American Lumberman, Dec. 17, 1910. 



Thickness of veneers is causing consider- 



Thickness able discussion among the manufacturers 



of and the users. According to reports from 



Veneers. the U. S. Forest Service the greatest 



quantity is cut 3-16 of an inch thick, with 



■| inch thickness second, and ^ inch third. These figures show 



the average thickness but are misleading as they do not show 



the relative thickness of veneers used for different purposes. 



At present, face veneering proper is mostly cut in thicknesses 

 of 1/16, 1/20 and 1/28 of an inch in both the rotary-cut and the 

 sawed or sliced stock. Formerly most of the sawed or sliced 

 stock was cut 1/16 to 1/20 of an inch thick while rotary stock 

 aften ran up to 1/16 or 1/8 inch for face veneering. The pres- 

 ent tendency, however, is toward the thinner veneers running 

 between 1/16 and 1/20 of an inch while it is expected that 

 another year or two will bring the average close to 1/20 of an 

 inch except in mahogany and some other valuable imported 

 woods which are commonly cut to 1/30 of an inch. 



There is already springing up a difference in practice since 

 door and mill work users generally demand 1/8 inch material and 

 some of this is used in furniture panels. Naturally the greatest 

 bulk of thick veneer is used as thin lumber in box shooks and 

 other package making. 



Woodcraft, November, 1910. 



Cost With a total factory and miscellaneous ex- 



of pense of '^jt, per day per machine, a log 



Veneer cost of $20 per thousand and an average 



Cutting. per cent, of waste that the author has 



found from experience in Northern Wis- 

 consin, the following costs are given for 

 single-ply, rotary cut stock: 



