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up and finished to better advantage. Our most valuable mahogany and 

 other foreign woods, especially those presenting a fine figure when cut on 

 the quarter, are sawed. The method consists of moving a flitch of wood 

 on a carriage against a circular saw which cuts a kerf of about aV of an 

 inch. It is consequently a very wasteful process. Most of our sawed 

 veneers are about ^V of an inch in thickness. 



Details of the manufacture of veneers by each of these processes are 

 taken up later. 



From Coe Manufacturing Cismpanu- 



FIG. 17. Rotary veneer machine in operation. A continuous sheet is cut off by revolving 

 the log against a sharp stationary knife. 



Qualifications Desired in Veneer Woods. 



The veneers desired for facing table tops, fine furniture, cabinet work 

 and similar uses demand a pleasing grain and figure. Other than this, 

 however, the qualifications desired in veneer woods are not so particular. 

 They may be summed up as follows: 



1. Veneer woods should be reasonably low in price because the ulti- 

 mate products for which veneers are largely used, such as berry and fruit 

 baskets, crating, cooperage, novelties, packing boxes, cheese boxes, etc., 

 bring a comparatively low price on the market. 



2. The woods must be available and readily accessible. There must 

 be sufficient quantities to make a uniform product. 



