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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 2tf of an 

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

 veneers are about 2V of an inch in thickness. 



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

 taken up later. 



From Coe Mamifauuring Company. 

 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. 



