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VENEERING PLANT 



PARAGRAPH XXI. 

 VENEERING PLANT. 



Veneers are either sawn or peeled (sliced). The furniture factory and the paci^age trade use veneers, 

 with entirely different ends in view, on a daily increasing scale. 



The thickness of sliced veneers ranges down to \|.oinch; veneers less than ' ju inch tiiick, however, 

 are rarely used. 



Sawn veneers are V-^o inch thick or thicker. 



Very thin veneers are uneconomical because they require a high-grade core. 



Sliced veneers allow the glue to show at the outside more easily than sawn veneers; their upper and 

 lower surfaces fail to be equally smooth. 



Composite doors and composite furniture, consisting of a number of veneers laid and cross-laid 

 onto an inner core (yellow poplar, basswood, Cottonwood, chestnut, &c.,) are apt to be stronger and sure 

 to be less influenced by weather conditions than are solid makes. 



The veneer machines of the Coe Manufacturing Co., Painesville, Ohio, are considered standard in the 

 United States. 



Circular veneer saw. Coe Mfg. Co., Painesville, Ohio. 



(A) VENEER SAWS. Any saw of a fine gauge is a veneering saw. Largely used are the: — 



1. Horizontal mill saw. 



2. Fine band saw. 



3. Circular saw ground to a fine gauge (19 gauge) at rim, strong (5 to 10 gauge) at center; there 

 is only one collar, to which saw is screwed. Circular veneer saws consisting of sections screwed 

 to a centerpiece are common. 



(B) VENEER CUTTING MACHINES. Usually, the logs are boiled or steamed (in exhaust) for several 

 hours beforehand. Logs 3 to 12 feet long are used, the length of the log almost equaling the length of 

 the knife. 



I. The rotary veneer machine peels any log of, say, over 18 inches diameter, notably poplar, lynn, 

 gum, and cottonwood, into thin layers by revolving the log slowly against a stationary knife. A "clipper" 

 cuts the roll into pieces of proper size for boxes, staves, potato barrels, box boards, furniture backing, 

 veneer cores, &c. The core of the log, some 6 inches in diameter, does not allow of peeling. 



