VENEERS 



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are usually cut ^ of an inch in thickness. Sliced veneers are often cut 

 from ^ to ^ of an inch. 



The relation between the contents of a log in board feet and the 

 square feet of veneers produced depends obviously on the method of 

 cutting, the thickness of the veneer, the soundness of the log and the care 

 in clipping and drying the product. These factors vary with almost 

 every mill, so it is exceedingly difficult to standardize the amount of 

 veneers of a given thickness to be expected from a thousand board feet 

 log scale by a given process. 



In a rotary veneer mill in Michigan where i6-ft. logs ran about twelve 

 to the thousand by the Doyle rule and a 6- to 7-in. core was ordinarily 

 left, 1000 bd. ft. of No. i logs yielded about 10,000 sq. ft. of r? in. 

 stock, or about 13,000 sq. ft. of ^V-in. stock, on an average. 



Veneers are sold by the square foot, surface measurement, the price 

 varying with the species, the thickness of veneer, the character of the 

 grain (curly, bird's-eye, quartered, crotch, etc.) and method of cutting, 

 drying, etc. The following list was obtained at a large mill dealing in 

 some of the better grades of veneers. The prices are given, wholesale, 

 delivered in New York State for the year 1917. Prices have ad- 

 vanced very materially since the fall of 19 18. 



Wood. 



Plain mahogany 



Striped or fancy mahogany 



Crotch mahogany 



Circassian walnut 



Red gum 



Quartered red gum 



Black walnut 



Red birch 



Plain white oak 



Quartered white oak 



Quartered white oak 



Method of 

 Cutting. 



Sawed 



Sawed 



Sawed 



Sawed 



Rotary cut 



Sliced 



Rotary cut 



Rotary cut 



Rotary cut 



Sliced 



Sawed 



Thickness. 



1/16 

 1/28 

 1/28 

 1/28 

 1/20 

 1/28 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 

 1/20 



Price per 



Square Foot, 



Cents. 



3-3t 

 6-8 

 8-12 

 6-10 



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ROTARY CUT VENEERS 



Rotary veneer mills are located with reference to a continuous supply 

 of raw material in the form of logs and along some railroad offering 

 facilities for shipment of the product to market. Veneer mills may be 

 located in connection with furniture or cabinet factories, door mills, 

 cheese-box factories, basket mills, etc., or they may be independent of 

 them and sell the bundled product to the various subsidiary industries 



